Interesting...
To be specific, the big move came Monday as China agreed to ban imports of
North Korean iron, lead, and coal as part of new U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang. That's hitting Kim Jon Un's regime where it hurts.
But there was also the statement in the Chinese-run state newspaper Global Times on Friday that said that if North Korea attacks the U.S.,
China should remain neutral. In other words, they'd be on their own.
And there was even calming talk from this side of the Pacific. In
a jointly-written editorial in Monday's Wall Street Journal, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis both insisted the Trump administration is not seeking regime change in North Korea and wants a diplomatic resolution to this dispute.
Fwiw, last week Chinese papers were printing articles about last week signaling a changing of the guard in terms of who the world's super power is. NK just made America look weak, and everyone in the world knows that it's China who has the power.
If I may, as someone with a slightly unique viewpoint (not living in the U.S.) on what China's perspective is. NK is ultimately doing what China tells them. Nuclear war, for all intents and purposes is off the table, and realistically was never on it. So why all the hub bub? Well, since 1945 the pacific (Japan, Philippines, etc) have basically huddled under the blanket of American protection. China wants that to be them, they
need it to be them to be the preeminent super power. What's the best way to do that? Make the U.S. look weak, and then step in. What happened in the last 2 weeks?
NK: "We're going to bomb people"
US: "You better not of we'll fuck you up"
NK: "You'll do fookin nuttin"
US: "Oh yes we will"
Pacific: "Please don't bomb us"
China: "Hey, NK knock that shit off"
Pacific: "Yay, China!!!"
