[danezia]

ok, ablium... guess I will have to "contribute" more to the expansion of the Chinese economy than originally expected on my trip to Beijing.

Returning to the pressing issue of the day.... could China stab DPRK in the back...? (by the usual method of invasion, bombing, coup d'etat)?

No.... I’m not talking S.F. here (although the Chinese invasion of DPRK, is the starting point of my book... witch still lies <unfortunately> unfinished), China has a lot to lose by continuing to protect a rogue state both economically (people may be deterred to travel or invest in a "politically" instable area) and in the area of international prestige.

On the other hand, the Chinese expansion in Africa was based on a policy of non-intervention (as opposed to the US, EU and former URSS), and kicking some “North Korean” ass... would compromise that position.

Anyway there is a lot of (international) pressure on China… and the expectation is that, it has to do more than just “condemn in harsh words” the DPRK. Isolating economically and politically the country is not a viable solution, the North knows to well how to do that on their own.

So China (the aspirant world superpower), has its first shot at proving that it is more than the “world workshop”. Solving this by diplomacy or whatever… will raise a lot China’s profile in the world. (my only fear is that, this crisis exists only for this purpose)