How Hard Will China Push North Korea?
Aggregated Source: China ChallengesMelanie Kirkpatrick in the Wall Street Journal writes:
If China is to assume what it considers to be its rightful place as a great power, now is the moment. The world is looking to Beijing as the only government with a measure of influence over its lunatic nuclear ward in the Hermit Kingdom. The question is, will it use it?
She goes on to note:
The numbers it reports are newsworthy--and staggering: "To date, almost 400,000 North Korean illegal immigrants have entered China and large numbers continue to cross the border illegally." And, "As of the end of December 2004, 133,009 North Korean illegal immigrants have been deported." While Chinese authorities obviously know how many refugees they have deported, by definition they can't know how many are in hiding. The estimate of 400,000 is sure to be low.
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