Chinese ships secretly giving oil to North Korea: reports

[SummerSnow]

Jonathan Swan 22 hrs ago/ AXIOS

https://www.axios.com/chinese-ships-secretly-giving-oil-to-north-korea-reports-2520341760.html

*And you thought the Chinese were going along with you with the sanctions...tsk tsk tsk

[pangaia]

1. They were caught clear cutting Honduras rosewood in Belize and shipping it back to China,

against the CITES agreement.

Why not ship oil to DPRK....

[gratuitous]

2. Will Trump simply bow down to the Chinese?

Or are we due for more impotent saber-rattling from our Commander in Chief? The popular media sure do like it when Donald ignorantly pops off about starting a nuclear war. Can you imagine the ratings that would get? I'm not saying the United States wouldn't get its hair mussed in a nuclear exchange, but damn if it wouldn't be Pulitzer time for some of the surviving media outlets!

[hunter]

3. China does not want North Korea to collapse.

Neither does South Korea.

The last thing either nation wants is millions of starving and very confused North Korean refugees flooding across their borders.

[SummerSnow]

4. Thank you. You hit the nail on the head.

All Trump will do is twitter trash talk the Chinese. Did he actually think that welcome party for him was real and that they liked him? He's a useful idiot. This is how the Russians view him too.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. You have stated the real truth.

China can not let North Korea collapse in any way shape or form. The influx of Koreans would cause chaos in the food supply chain first,secondly,the border area is one of China's least developed areas.

[john657]

6. This

It would be an economic and humanitarian disaster for both countries, so I can't really fault China for giving the North oil.

That said, little Kimmy is still a shitbird.