USA helping CHINA to take control of North Korea??

Question

This is a theoritical question, only!! I am not proposing it, but wonder what the pros and cons of such action might be if the United States supported the idea that China could take over North Korea and make it a part of their country. Not help them in the sense of militarily, but just agree it's a good idea and let China take it from there.

Great answer Sofasogo...however, I didn't ask if it was possible, I asked what the consequences of it would be.

I mean I meant to phrase it that way, sorry,

Because, Someone's Fairy, North Korea has been ruled by a dynasty of madmen, and it is a puppet state of China anyway. China completely supports it's government and without it the regime would collapse, with with the collapse millions of Koreans would starve or be forced over the border into China.
Ms. S Fairy, if you ask a question in the Answers section, why don't you be polite enough to allow emails to answer your question? You just might learn a tiny bit, is that real blond hair, I bet it is!!

Answer 1

Absolutely impossible.

1) The US can *never* publicly support a country being taken over. Support an insurrection, even a manufactured local government (ie Iraq), but even Bush could not openly support such a move.

2) If by support you mean secretly agree to it, also never. The new cold war is in the Asia Pacific region, with China, Japan, the US, and Korea the main players in trying to dominate the region. For the US to "give" North Korea to China would be to cede the region - aside from letting China into a new territory, if we accept them as a stabilizing influence it then removes any excuse for US military presence in the region.

3) China would never agree to it. They claim not to be expansionist, and have no claims on Korea. To take over another country, even for its own good, would acknowledge themselves as a threat to other countries in the region.

4) modernizing North Korea will be a money pit. Look at what East Germany has taken from the West, and the social and economic problems caused by trying to integrate even an advanced and educated populace. And they spoke the same language and had the same history. China has enough domestic problems already without taking on this.

These are just off the top of my head. There are also issues with how the North Koreans, with their years of propaganda, would react (guerilla war?). North Korea does not have any big attractions like mineral wealth or oil to make it worth a risk. I don't see where this proposal would benefit anyone, except the North Koreans.

The consequences would be as stated above: expansion of Chinese militarism, Asian arms race as Japan and South Korea ramped up to counter Chinese growth (including nuclear weapons in Japan), instability as the US leaves the region (partly for lack of excuse to stay, partly to get out for safety's sake).

Increased (and well deserved) international bashing of the US for interferance.

Probably another national liberation movement within China (besides the Tibetan and Muslim movements they already have), with the potential for terrorism that brings with it

Pros? Kim would be gone. We tried that with Hussein and found it is not as simple as it appears ahead of time. To the best of my knowledge, Kim is wildly popular in North Korea, so it might be even worse.

Answer 2

I have considered the same question myself. I don't think it would be good for China to take North Korea over, but it may be a good idea if there was a more moderate leader in charge.

Answer 3

Two words, human rights
Maybe South Korea, never China!

Answer 4

Does China want to take control of North Korea?

If not, what is US busy for?

Answer 5

KOREA was left out of the big boys club. ITS CALLED NUKES - R - US

Answer 6

why would you ever wonder that?