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Originally Posted by bitontheslide
I think the sanctions did their job, but I also think China withdrawing their support hit them the hardest as that left them truly isolated. Trump will take the credit, but none of it would have happened without China turning the screw
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Didn't Trump say that at one point though? We needed China to make to apply more pressure.
Anyway, I did a search because I didn't remember exactly what it was in reference to at the time... but interesting article now considering the change in dynamics:
Why China Won’t Pressure North Korea as Much as Trump Wants
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-...on-north-korea
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But, importantly, Zhao added that it would be a mistake to misread those steps as China signing on, wholesale, to American efforts to force North Korea to the edge of collapse—a tactic, favored in Washington, known as “strategic strangulation.” “No, it’s just balancing Trump and Kim Jong Un,” Zhao said. “The reason China agreed to much tougher sanctions is to calm Trump down.” China has strategic tensions of its own with the U.S., so it is keeping both countries off balance. “It’s basically, ‘Who is the bigger evil?’ For China, the U.S. is always the top geostrategic concern, the top threat.”
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To be fair, China does seem to play an ambiguous role in the international stage, probably by choice. I've never really understood our relationship with them. It is interesting how much things seem to be changing with those relationships... especially with a trade war supposedly looming.