China Tries to Dictate US Policy

China said yesterday that it would "be neutral if North Korea provoked an attack" by shooting missiles off at Guam, but it added that regime change was not going to be an options for the US because they "would prevent it".  That dictates a strategy that says what China will allow.  They like the status quo in the North and keep the regime afloat no matter what sanctions they vote for the in the UN.  They are trying to eliminate options for the US and keep the North on its current track with the US.  China gets to watch the US and its allies make decisions and fight internally over what to do with this Hermit leader.  They observe military exercises, and the movement of defensive missile systems and aircraft, the designs of which they have already stolen.  They get to observe us, but we don't get to do the same with them.  They know who will support these responses and who will not.  They create dissection in the US and Japan by stoking their friends and criticizing their enemies.  Regime change is not going off the table because China says it will prevent it, so this may yet be a battle with China.  China created this situation and now plays like it will "be neutral".  The situation exists because China was not neutral at all.