Potential Korean Conflict and American Corporations

[louis c]

North Korea and their newly minted nut-case dictator Kim Jung Un are making all kinds of threats against the United States and it's allies, especially South Korea. A state of war actually exists. I hope it's all bluster. But for the sake of argument, let's say that this crack pot dictator really intends to create a conflict. Let's say he does lob a bomb into the South.

America is obliged to support and defend it's ally, South Korea and China is obliged to do the same with the North.

Where does that leave American corporations doing business in China? I'll tell you where, on the wrong side of a treason charge. How about Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson and their casinos in Macao?

No one wants to see a war, especially one that will bring in super-powers. But in the mean time, I wouldn't mind seeing some of these assholes squirm who outsourced our jobs or thought it was just peachy keen to do business with Communists while calling our President a Socialist.

[UBEEDelusional]

1. China is not interested in backing the North

they are interested in keeping the refugees from NK out of China.

China fights economically now, any Chinese saber rattling is just theater.

What we will see is over time is China will help NK create businesses to make money. NK will become the home of the new FOXCON in the near future.

Just wait and see.

[Victor_c3]

2. I have to agree with much of what you wrote

China is not in the mood to stand next to North Korea in the event of a war. They have too much to lose in terms of trade with the rest of the world. China has steadily been taking on a harder and harder stance with the North Koreans for at least the last decade and I would count them out when it comes to involvement in a war on the Korean peninsula. What would happen to the value of their multi-trillion dollar American currency reserves if a war broke out?

The North Koreans have to realize that they don't have the support of a major power like the Soviets and Chinese like they did in the 1950s. Without any support, a war would be over for them before it hardly got started.

[UBEEDelusional]

3. Right now everyone is looking for a face saving solution that keeps the

current NK leadership in power because an unstable NK would really be a disaster.

When things calm down China will quietly sit down with Un and explain to him how things are going to have to work for now on. NK will slowly transition like China did. It is either that or NK will collapse.