Will China Back North Korea in a War?
Added 2017-12-08 20:09:12 +0000 UTCAlways nice to know that no matter how bad things are now, they could always get worse!
—Chris
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If it came to war, US nuclear strategy would be to initiate a massive preemptive strike on missile bases and any Command and Control - this has been the central strategy concerning Russia and China for decades, and would almost certainly be used against North Korea. Considering how small NK's arsenal is, and how quickly it would be taken out if the US ever decided to initiate, it's likely that by the time China could respond, NK would be in no position to retaliate making backing them in a war useless.
Keese
2017-12-09 03:19:13 +0000 UTCSo far the conventional wisdom is that China emphatically does not want a unified, US-leaning Korea on its border. Avoiding this is worth any amount of trade. China's priority is security. Even a unified Korea without US forces present would need to be a Chinese client state to be acceptable in Beijing and that ain't likely anytime soon.
Thomas Adams
2017-12-08 21:23:06 +0000 UTC
