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North Korea's Threats and China's Lukewarm Response

When the United Nations Security Councilknows that the North Korean economy is in
passed Resolution 1718 on October 14, itdire straits. The people are starving and the
agreed to impose economic sanctions againstsituation seems to get worse with each
North Korea for testing a nuclear devicepassing month.USA Today reported recently
earlier in the month. The resolutionthat the World Food Program warned it might
condemned the atomic test, demanded that thehave to cut food aid to North Korea early
DPRK conduct no further tests or ballisticnext year because donations from the world
missile launches, and called upon all Unitedcommunity have fallen woefully short.
Nations member states to stop the trade ofAccording to USA Today, the WFP has collected
various weapons systems, luxury goods, andonly 10-percent of the $102 million it needs
certain technologies with North Korea.Ofto provide food to North Korea for the next
course, the communist dictatorship of Kimtwo years.China has been propping up Kim's
Jong-Il immediately rejected the resolutionregime for a long time, flooding the country
and threatened war on nations imposingwith money, food, and consumer goods. While
economic sanctions on the DPRK. Why thethe government in Beijing does not want to
bellicose rhetoric? Because North Korea knowssee nuclear proliferation in its backyard, it
that the sanctions resolution is more showalso does not want to deal with an economic
than actual punishment, and the provisions ofand humanitarian disaster that experts warn
Resolution 1718 will be selectivelycould happen as soon as three months from
enforced.Almost as soon as the resolution wasnow.For now, at least, it appears that the
passed, the Chinese government stated that itenforcement of sanctions in the region will
would not participate in the inspection ofbe limited to the efforts of the United
cargo entering and exiting North Korea. AfterStates and Japan. Other countries, such as
some diplomatic prodding from the Unitedlong-time American ally Australia, will
States, China began limited checks of Northprevent North Korean ships from entering
Korean trucks crossing its border, but hastheir ports and will suspend trade with the
thus far not agreed to inspect cargo shipsDPRK. China will go through the motions of
transiting the waters in the region.China israndom checks at the border to make it look
hesitant to enforce tough sanctions on Northas if they are doing their part to enforce
Korea because the threat of regionalthe U.N. resolution. They may even freeze
instability from a governmental collapse insome funds and restrict travel between the
Pyongyang is perceived to be greater than thetwo countries.But in the end, real
risk of a North Korean nuclear attack onenforcement of economic sanctions is not an
Chinese soil. If Kim Jong-Il decided toimmediate concern for the Chinese. While the
launch an atomic device at his long-timeUnited States wants to prevent the
benefactor, the response would be swift andacquisition of nuclear weapons by a ruthless
crushing, without any Chinese fear ofdictator, China wants to avoid the
repercussions from the world community.But ifconsequences of a complete implosion by its
North Korea collapses under the weight ofeastern neighbor. And as long as that is the
crippling economic sanctions, China faces acase, the Chinese can be expected to do
humanitarian crisis of epic proportions.little to stop Kim Jong-Il's nuclear
Refugees would flood across the border andpursuits.
instability would engulf the region. China



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