Wikileaks row: China wants Korean reunification, officials confirm

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Chinese officials speak after Guardian US embassy cables reveal Beijing is leaning towards acceptance of reunification under Seoul's control


China supports the "independent and peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula" and cannot afford to give the North Korean regime the impression it has a blank cheque to act any way it wants, Chinese officials based in Europe said today.

The officials, who asked not to be identified, spoke after the Guardian revealed that senior figures in Beijing, exasperated with North Korea behaving like a "spoiled child", had told their South Korean counterparts that China was leaning towards acceptance of reunification under Seoul's control.

China's moves to distance itself from the North Korean regime were revealed in the latest tranche of leaked US embassy cables obtained by Wikileaks and published yesterday by the Guardian and four international newspapers.

more:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/30/china-wants-korean-reunification

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1. This is a good thing

China has a vested interested in stability on the Korean peninsula. Should the North Korean regime collapse, the flood of refugees will likely flow north towards China, not south towards the landmine fields that must be crossed to reach South Korea. WikiLeaks will likely cause diplomatic tensions between the US and our allies, but it may have done some good by forcing Chinese intentions (assuming the Guardian is correct) into the light. Maybe the US, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia can have greater coordination now.

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2. Good post. Welcome