Analyst Raises Scenario of China's Takeover of North Korea, Others Have Doubts

[TomSea]

Analyst Raises Scenario of China's Takeover of North Korea, Others Have Doubts
Natalie Liu
WASHINGTON —

A longtime editor of a magazine that specializes in global power politics recently put forth a scenario where China would stage a takeover of North Korea, giving Washington and the rest of the world a nuclear weapons-free Korean Peninsula.

Bill Emmott, the former editor-in-chief of The Economist magazine, said such a move by China would not only gain Beijing a solid foothold on the Korean Peninsula, but also the opportunity to strengthen its own geopolitical position, enhance its global power status, perhaps even the ability to claim the reputation of a peacemaker.

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[Smokin Joe]

It would not be the first time that Chinese troops have swept down the Korean peninsula--well, half way, anyway.