China Offers Aid to N. Korea

[maddezmom]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is back home, after a short and secretive visit to neighboring China. Chinese authorities are confirming he did not return to Pyongyang empty-handed.
China's Foreign Ministry says Beijing offered North Korea aid during Kim Jong Il's visit this week.


Kong Quan China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Kong Quan, says the aid comes without conditions.


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The United States and its regional allies are demanding North Korea immediately, verifiably and irreversibly dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Pyongyang says it will only do that, if it receives a security guarantee and economic aid from Washington before and during the dismantling process.

As North Korea's only remaining major ally, China has played a central diplomatic role in multilateral talks on the issue.
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[Ripley]

1. Sleeping Giant.

Could wake up any moment and do as they please, or help others to. Like we're not in a hugely vulnerable position right now?

[Superfly]

3. Who, China or N Korea?

[Earth_First]

4. Both

China and North Korea are the last two countries we need consorting with one another behind closed doors...

[Ripley]

10. I was referring to China.

I believe a large part of the US treasury's IOU's are in their hands. They seem to manufacture everything we buy in America. Since our troops are deployed so thinnly and "worn down" as I heard a General say, if China wanted to take Taiwan, who'd stop them?

[ugarte]

2. Why should China pressure N. Korea to help Bush?

Why use their leverage and get nothing in return?

[Just Me]

5. I wonder if this has anything to do with that big train explosion,...

:shrug:

[hang a left]

6. Foiling minds think alike.

"Kong Quan China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Kong Quan, says the aid comes without conditions."


Ah.....yeah........right.

[maddezmom]

11. don't know what to think anymore

:(

[David__77]

7. China is a positive regional influence.

It has no expansionist ambitions and no troops on foreign soil--not a single foreign military base. It's good that China has good relations with both parts of Korea.

[Bandit]

9. Yes and it would behoove us all to remember that fact

China is now and basically always has been a peaceful nation that stays within it's own borders. With a few exceptions of course. Tibet and Vietnam come to mind but compare to America where we have troops in a hundred different countries.

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. The USA had their opening and ignored it

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North Korea HAD asked the USA for help first.

Actually, they HAD assistance from the US, but the USA cut it off.

And after NK saw what happened to Iraq after years of sanctions and disarming, I can't blame them for taking the position they did.

Chances are that the USA would not have attacked Iraq if they REALLY had the weapons the USA accused them of. Heck, the Iraqis never even got a plane off the ground, OR used any illegal weapons, unlike the US that has littered the countryside with Depleted Uranium and unexploded cluster bombs.

Vietnam is STILL losing people on a daily basis due to unexploded ordinance from 30 years ago.

So it will go with Iraq. Only Iraq has a MUCH larger DU problem.

(sigh)