Best Interests

So what are China, Russia, and the United States doing in the Korean peace talks?

Is it that everyone who had an interest in the war nearly sixty years ago still retains the same interest? Or, perhaps, these are the nations that see some significance in Korea remaining divided.

Is it South Korea that is refusing to send the promised rice until the nuclear plants are destroyed? Don't think so. Is it China that is interested in opening the border so that Koreans can move back and forth with their families? Don't think so.

Perhaps the move, recently taken by the South to just go ahead and talk with the North, is a good move.

www.kimsoft.com/korea/4-talks.htm
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/IF02Dg01.html

Senior Fellow, Paul M. Edwards

China's Influence?

On the 25th of June, 1951, just a year after the outbreak of the Korean War, the Chinese radio reported that the People’s Republic of China was in favor of a peace effort, and that they would be willing to discuss a cease fire. Nearly eight hundred days, and thousands of casualties, later an armistice was worked out. A shaky one, but as it turns out, one that has held for fifty-four years.

Today, as we consider further negotiation with the North Koreans it might be important to remember how much they have been influenced by the Chinese all these years, especially the teachings of Chairman Mao. Mao said in his writings on revolution that negotiation was a part of the military process, and often what could not be achieved on the field of battle, could be achieved in prolonged and difficult negotiations that wore the enemy down. How long will we have to talk about nuclear weapons before something actually happens?

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Senior Fellow Paul M. Edwards