A couple of articles today and quoting the Chinese as saying the they are cutting down on coal trade with North Korea but that the "U.S has to do its part" and negotiate directly with North Korea over nuclear arms. The U.S would be recognizing North Korea as an independent country when it is nothing more than a Beijing satellite, under complete control of its mentor. Negotiating directly with them, without the Chinese being at the table is a farce. So far, the U.S is ignoring the Chinese attempt to get recognition for North Korea as if they were independently developing missiles and nuclear arms. North Korea doesn't do anything unless China approves.
We have allowed China to maintain proxies to provoke its neighbors and threatens the U.S with nuclear weapons, just to find out how the recipients of this aggression will respond. Then, China says "we can't do anything about that" like the North was some troubled child that can't concentrate in school. It is a farce that we have finally started to ignore. Iran is doing the same in the Middle East, with Chinese companies violating the sanctions at every turn. Iran even sent its own technicians to the tests of North Korean missiles. That certainly was not a coincidence. I wonder how long either proxy would last if they threatened to throw a nuclear weapon at China?
The long running game is finally at an end. We fought a Cold War with the same conditions, where proxies were fighting their neighbors and anyone who helped them. In those days, nobody was kidding themselves over who was behind the trouble.
P.S. China increased its imports of coal in December to twice what the U.N. sanctions specified. Then, it started to cut back on imports.
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