ahahaha china making weapons ahaha can't stop laughing.

The Penultimate Warrior said, November 23, 2010, 06:20:01 pm

No one else is laughing.

queefs in a jar said, November 23, 2010, 07:19:40 pm

this will end like every other incident between the north and south before it. the south will grit their teeth, roll their eyes, and go about their business. the north will hold bi-weekly parades for the next year celebrating victory over the imperial forces of the world. south korea has absolutely nothing to gain from taking over the north, since the cost of rebuilding the north would be astronomical as is.

they could just piss them off, kill kim jong il, and leave them to themselves, but nobody's gonna do that because that would make sense and it's easier said than done

Why can't china just take over north Korea, it would solve these problems.

• If it's not the highest, China has one of the highest foreign oil consumption rates in the world. However this hardly manages to suffice for the entire country, which still uses coal energy to power the majority of it. Now imagine throwing in North Korea, which has barely an electricity at all.
• China is one of the largest manufacturers of goods, and now they're starting to get aware of that fact. Perhaps you missed the showdown about two months ago between it and Japan where China threatened to stop the production of rare-earth materials to Japan. Yup, China can do that. With access to North Korea's resources, it would gain even more influence here.
• Distribution of wealth in China is still extremely lopsided. While you'll find major hubs like Beijing and Shanghai to look like normal American cities, if you go to the south to say, Kunming, it's almost as if you stepped into a Chinese farm duing Mao's reign. And no, it's not like American farmers who can still stay up to date by getting a TV and internet. They do not have the economic means nor the facilities to have either. You think they're going to prioritize updating anything in North Korea that isn't the capital?
  
• Last but not least, China's government is also technically a totalitarian government. Aside from some elements of western capitalism, it's still the same type of government, so situations likely wouldn't improve much.