THE RATIONALES WHY CHINA WON'T SANCTION NORTH KOREA

By Bayawanon

Despite the North Korean leader's threat to the regional security in the East Asian Region and even the world by way of North Korea's nuclear missile tests, China as a superpower still does not take any steps of disciplining the same. If China really cares about regional and world security, China as a superpower and as a member of the well-respected member of the United Nations Security Council must sanction North Korea. But it seems like China cannot and will not take any steps in controlling Kim-Jung-Un's threat to the world for China and North Korea are almost synonymous.

As I would try to dig deeper historically and politically, I could see five reasons why China won't sanction North Korea politically, economically, or militarily as I would try to discuss it below, and these are the following: 1) North Korea, China, and Russia are traditional allies all the way back from the late 1940s and even from the Korean War era; 2) China and North Korea are communists; 3) China has business interests in North Korea; 4) Because of the long-standing relations between North Korea and China, there are now plenty of Chinese-North Koreans inasmuch as there are also many North Korean-Chinese, and lastly 5) China can and may use North Korea as a pawn in a possible shooting war with her rival the United States of America.

i) North Korea, China, and Russia are traditional allies all the way back from the late 1940s and the Korean War era -- The pages of world history would tell us that after the second world war, Korea was divided into two, the North and the South, the North became a communist country and became allies naturally with the gargantuan communist countries like China and Russia. When former North Korean leader Kim-Il-Sung decided to invade South Korea which would eventually start a Korean War, China together with Russia, supported North Korea in such a war, since then China and North Korea became traditional allies and are inseparable and because of this China can hardly impose sanctions against North Korea.

ii) China and North Korea are communists countries -- Since both China and North Korea are all communist countries, they share the same ideologies and they become like fraternal brothers. Fraternal brothers usually help each other and do not destroy each other, hence Chinese intervention in the North Korean missile tests is very remote if not nil.

iii) China has business interests in North Korea -- After the Korean War, China made many business investments in North Korea and plenty of Chinese businesses have sprouted in North Korea, if China would sanction North Korea on its aggressive stance by producing nuclear warheads and testing the same, then the Chinese business interests in North Korea would be greatly affected since the North Korean government may no longer support the same.

iv) Because of the long-standing relations between North Korea and China, there are now plenty of Chinese-North Koreans inasmuch as there are also many North Korean-Chinese -- After the Korean War, many Chinese migrated to North Korea and vice-versa in the name of adventure and business because of these, many Chinese became North Korean citizens and many North Koreans became Chinese citizens. So how could China discipline North Korea if they are that close?

v) China can and may use North Korea as a pawn in a possible war with her rival the United States of America -- If North Korea would wage hostilities with the United States of America a very known staunch oppositor of the North Korean missile production and tests, China would have little problems in fighting the United States of America tooth and nail. North Korea is actually an extended arm of Communist China in sowing terror in the world, so why does China lift any finger in warning North Korea regarding her nuclear warhead tests?

Because of the following premises, China won't take any steps in controlling North Korea regarding the nuclear ambitions of the latter, since the former is actually using North Korea for its selfish ambitions and interests too.