China Seen More Flexible on Iraq Than N.
投稿者： f3nasa 投稿日時： 2003/02/23 21:40 投稿番号： [27137 / 196466]
Beijing views a nuclear-armed North Korea as destabilizing, fearing it could spark an arms race in northeast Asia.
But China opposes economic sanctions, fearing further brinkmanship by the north or possible collapse. It says the best way to resolve the issue is through direct dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang and not in the U.N. Security Council.
"China's main aim is to prevent military conflict on the Korean peninsula," said Yan Xuetong, director of Tsinghua University's International Affairs Institute.
China views regional stability as an essential component of its continued strong economic growth, and thus prefers slow, gradual movement toward reunification on the Korean Peninsula.
A sudden collapse of the reclusive Communist North could send a flood of refugees across the border into China and raise the prospect of bringing some of the 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea closer to the Chinese border, analysts say.
Thus, Chinese academics say, Beijing has little to gain from strong-arming North Korea.
"The United States wants us to do this and do that. But what has the United States done for us?" asked a U.S.-trained academic at a Beijing university who requested anonymity.
"If Chinese pressure on North Korea triggers a flood of refugees, who will foot the bill? The least the United States could do is stop selling weapons to Taiwan," he said, referring to China's longtime rival.
Others say Beijing is doing more than it appears, working quietly behind the scenes to avoid an awkward debate playing out in the U.N. Security Council.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2271651
But China opposes economic sanctions, fearing further brinkmanship by the north or possible collapse. It says the best way to resolve the issue is through direct dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang and not in the U.N. Security Council.
"China's main aim is to prevent military conflict on the Korean peninsula," said Yan Xuetong, director of Tsinghua University's International Affairs Institute.
China views regional stability as an essential component of its continued strong economic growth, and thus prefers slow, gradual movement toward reunification on the Korean Peninsula.
A sudden collapse of the reclusive Communist North could send a flood of refugees across the border into China and raise the prospect of bringing some of the 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea closer to the Chinese border, analysts say.
Thus, Chinese academics say, Beijing has little to gain from strong-arming North Korea.
"The United States wants us to do this and do that. But what has the United States done for us?" asked a U.S.-trained academic at a Beijing university who requested anonymity.
"If Chinese pressure on North Korea triggers a flood of refugees, who will foot the bill? The least the United States could do is stop selling weapons to Taiwan," he said, referring to China's longtime rival.
Others say Beijing is doing more than it appears, working quietly behind the scenes to avoid an awkward debate playing out in the U.N. Security Council.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2271651
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