| When the United Nations Security Council
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| | China knows that the North Korean economy
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| passed Resolution 1718 on October 14, it
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| | is in dire straits. The people are
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| agreed to impose economic sanctions
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| | starving and the situation seems to get
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| against North Korea for testing a nuclear
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| | worse with each passing month.USA Today
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| device earlier in the month. The
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| | reported recently that the World Food
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| resolution condemned the atomic test,
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| | Program warned it might have to cut food
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| demanded that the DPRK conduct no further
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| | aid to North Korea early next year
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| tests or ballistic missile launches, and
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| | because donations from the world
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| called upon all United Nations member
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| | community have fallen woefully short.
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| states to stop the trade of various
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| | According to USA Today, the WFP has
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| weapons systems, luxury goods, and
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| | collected only 10-percent of the $102
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| certain technologies with North Korea.Of
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| | million it needs to provide food to North
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| course, the communist dictatorship of Kim
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| | Korea for the next two years.China has
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| Jong-Il immediately rejected the
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| | been propping up Kim's regime for a long
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| resolution and threatened war on nations
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| | time, flooding the country with money,
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| imposing economic sanctions on the DPRK.
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| | food, and consumer goods. While the
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| Why the bellicose rhetoric? Because North
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| | government in Beijing does not want to
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| Korea knows that the sanctions resolution
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| | see nuclear proliferation in its
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| is more show than actual punishment, and
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| | backyard, it also does not want to deal
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| the provisions of Resolution 1718 will be
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| | with an economic and humanitarian
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| selectively enforced.Almost as soon as
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| | disaster that experts warn could happen
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| the resolution was passed, the Chinese
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| | as soon as three months from now.For now,
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| government stated that it would not
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| | at least, it appears that the enforcement
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| participate in the inspection of cargo
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| | of sanctions in the region will be
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| entering and exiting North Korea. After
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| | limited to the efforts of the United
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| some diplomatic prodding from the United
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| | States and Japan. Other countries, such
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| States, China began limited checks of
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| | as long-time American ally Australia,
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| North Korean trucks crossing its border,
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| | will prevent North Korean ships from
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| but has thus far not agreed to inspect
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| | entering their ports and will suspend
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| cargo ships transiting the waters in the
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| | trade with the DPRK. China will go
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| region.China is hesitant to enforce tough
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| | through the motions of random checks at
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| sanctions on North Korea because the
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| | the border to make it look as if they are
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| threat of regional instability from a
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| | doing their part to enforce the U.N.
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| governmental collapse in Pyongyang is
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| | resolution. They may even freeze some
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| perceived to be greater than the risk of
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| | funds and restrict travel between the two
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| a North Korean nuclear attack on Chinese
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| | countries.But in the end, real
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| soil. If Kim Jong-Il decided to launch an
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| | enforcement of economic sanctions is not
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| atomic device at his long-time
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| | an immediate concern for the Chinese.
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| benefactor, the response would be swift
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| | While the United States wants to prevent
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| and crushing, without any Chinese fear of
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| | the acquisition of nuclear weapons by a
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| repercussions from the world
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| | ruthless dictator, China wants to avoid
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| community.But if North Korea collapses
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| | the consequences of a complete implosion
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| under the weight of crippling economic
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| | by its eastern neighbor. And as long as
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| sanctions, China faces a humanitarian
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| | that is the case, the Chinese can be
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| crisis of epic proportions. Refugees
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| | expected to do little to stop Kim
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| would flood across the border and
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| | Jong-Il's nuclear pursuits.
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| instability would engulf the region.
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