Reply #16: Perhaps you might elaborate on NK's geopolitical importance to China

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And the geopolitical value of North Korea to China - and to a lesser degree, Russia - far outstrips that of Poland to Britain and France in 1939.

Other than sharing a border, which itself is a conduit to another problem, the only real issue of any weight that I can see is NK's potential nuclear capabilities, which China is not exactly pleased about.

In fact, if anything, NK has been a thorn in China's side for the past 10 years or so.