As everyone knows from our discussion in class today, early this morning shots were fired from a mountain compound in North Korea over the border to South Korea. This resulted in 2 South Korean soldiers dying and around 12 injured. Many are considering this the most significant direct attack since the 1950's, which is scary for a lot of people.
Although I recognize the threat North Korea poses, I decided after our class discussion today that I don't think China will heavily support North Korea on this one. I doubt they want to aggravate the circumstances, and although shots were fired, this is being considered more of a warning from the North to the South. For this reason, I do not think this issue will cause a conflict on a global scale.
That being said, it's important to remember who is on what side and that if a real and imminent conflict were to arise, China would most likely back North Korea. This would cause issues with the United States and would lead to repercussions economically and otherwise all around the world.
I think that China will take a neutral position in this conflict, however, they may give weapons to North Korea behind the scenes. Overall I do not think that a direct battle between China and the USA will occur.
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I believe that in this situation,China would not remain neutral and infact support North Korea physically since they do share a border, and North Korea may eaily urge China for their support.
ReplyDeleteI don't think China can be separated from the conflict and considered a potential neutral power. If China does not support North Korea, as is the case now, there will be no conflict. North Korea will simply adopt a scary demeanour and threaten to attack in the future. This is as far as the conflict will go, as China's gain from peace far exceeds those of war.
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