I guess the Mods can actually change the thread title of "China and NK, what China can do" into "China and NK" - and then merge this thread in there.
To advill, I don't think there would not be "opposing", in the Asia-Pacific, in forseeable time, as long as A World hegemony power trying to "contain" a region more than let such region freely "cooperate" with each other, on their own terms.
And you can change the Italic word "Asia-Pacific" into whatever well know region: mid-east; centre-Europe; Northen-Affica; SouthAsia Sub-continent... "Asia-Pacific" just sounds more bigger among them.