I think with this visit, North Korea might have shown Xi in person that they are a nuclear capable state with the means to deliver it. Perhaps this means they are ready for economic reform soon. I think North Korea can become the Israel for China in this case.
China's strategy in Korean peninsula
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kwaigonegin
Colonel
I have to disagree with you on some points. A person’s personal life often reflects his public persona. A rational man wouldn’t have gotten married 3 different times to 3 different women that quite obviously he has very very little in common with. A rational man wouldn’t have cheated on all his wives on multiple occasions with multitudes of all these different women. Women from his past that any rational man will surely know will come back and haunt him later.
I’m not even talking about the issue of morality or conscience but rather this constant behavior proves the many decisions he has made are not rational.
A rational man who also is already a billionaire but never a politician nor shown any interest in politics, economics, military, domestic issues or social issues his entire long life will not suddenly wake up at the ripe age of almost 70 and decides to run for the United States presidency. His constant back and forth change in partisanship also reflects his severe lack of interest in politics and well being of the country all his life.
There can be only three conclusions.
1.he truly is irrational
2.he is semi rational all his life but his interest in suddenly wanting to become POTUS has nothing to do with making the country great again but rather for some other ulterior motives and agendas.
3.he was irrational but suddenly out of the blue one day a couple years ago, he got an ‘eureka’ moment, or come to Jesus moment as they say and decides to repent, replace, reenergized, miraculously became ‘rational’, and genuinely wants to make America great again.
I like to believe it’s no. 3 but unfortunately it is more likely either 1 or 2.
The true power of narcissists, sociopaths, and antisocial personalities is the willingness of gullible others to believe their lies and misrepresentations, and of self serving sycophants to enable them .
kwaigonegin
Colonel
Correct and by extension all these personalities you just described are irrational from a standpoint of normalcy and logic.
Irrational folks can be highly successful too but their irrationalities will come with a huge price to pay, often at the expense of others.
Jura The idiot
General
Jura The idiot
General
Comrade Chairman inside the vid in
VIDEO: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing. Kim paid an unofficial visit to China March 25-28. (Courtesy of CGTN)
antiterror13
Brigadier
Very good video (English title)
Xi Jinping holds banquet for Kim Jong Un in Beijing
Xi Jinping holds banquet for Kim Jong Un in Beijing
That is a good analogy, North Korea as China's Israel, it could potentially become reality. Since NK announced its desire to denuclearize under conditions of peace and a stable environment, I think there could be an arrangement where NK is under China's nuclear umbrella some time in the future. It is very unlikely NK would render itself totally vulnerable without nuclear second strike capability.
This is just a personal view but I think all along it was NK's grand strategy to negotiate a more equal international political footing with China before reform can happen. NK knows its only real backer is China, no other nation can possibly provide or willing to provide the road out but China has its own geopolitical views. China always viewed Korea as a vassal state, and NK is a rowdy vassal state, a trouble maker that needs to be tamed. NK knows how China views them, its nothing new, its very historical. This is clever political manoeuvring on NK's part where it became the focal point for China and USA, where it could play the two nations against each other. In the process of de-escalation they can extract benefits and boosts its international standing even if its a negative image, what matters are the interests at stake. Each side wants to use NK against the other, thus the two major powers are more willing to give major concessions to NK.
Ultimately NK wants to be on a more equal international standing with China. NK knows it cannot be a true equal but in the short span after a major international event, NK's importance would be highlighted, making China more willing to give major concessions to NK. China fears its international standing would be degraded if NK met with Trump first, thus China proactively sought out NK's visit. Especially concessions concering future trade and development. NK would likely take this opening to prepare for reforms and opening to China in addition to security guarantees much like ones the US provides to Israel before denuclearization could begin.
Had NK not played this big political stunt, NK's opening would render it just a minor vassal of China. The economic and political costs of nuclear program and ICBMs are the costs for negotiating better terms from China.
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