Gotta agree with Rae,
The Chinese and the US are locked into an economic version of MAD. Neither country can survive without the other now, at least not economically. This port notwithstanding, the Russians can't get into a war with the Chinese over this. The Russian army may be great for kicking the snot out of Georgia, but taking on the PLA? I don't think so. The Russian plan for war with China? Go nuclear fast. The problem of Raijin gets solved if there's a Korean presence period. Doesn't matter whether that's Nork or ROK. Something tells me the PRC's making the same calculus now. The PRC doesn't want to stay in NK if it comes to that. Probably go in, smash the NKPA, arrest or kill the Kims and cut a deal with the ROKs, then make sure the US goes home and/or doesn't base troops north of the old 38th Parallel. If all that happens, I can't see the PRC thinking this would be a bad thing.
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