"Ron Wanttaja" wrote...
..... China is still NK's primary supporter. The recent UN
resolution basically eliminates luxury items.

I think this is a good thing. The ruling class in NK should be the ones
targeted. Hunting down and freezing their offshore assets will limit their
options even more and "convince" them to move their positions. The
leadership in NK is living very well "relatively speaking" and presently
have no incentive for change.

China worries about a trickle of illegal immigration turning into a mass
flood.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061016/...a_nkorea_fence

In the long run, China might benefit from South Korea reunifying with the
north. That would put a hugh hurt on the South Korean economy (see Germany),
and China could come out the big winner (can you say Marshall Plan).