{"id":262714,"date":"2017-08-11T18:06:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T22:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=262714"},"modified":"2020-11-22T12:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T17:11:22","slug":"china-will-prevent-us-first-strike-against-north-korean-regime-govt-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/china-will-prevent-us-first-strike-against-north-korean-regime-govt-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"China will prevent US first strike against North Korean regime \u2013 govt daily"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
A clear warning that any attack on North Korea may create a world war as China and Russia will protect this tiny country. The real message is: \u201d North Korea is our ally against US imperialism.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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China will prevent the US and South Korea from carrying out strikes on North Korea and trying to overthrow the leadership there, but will remain neutral if Pyongyang launches missiles at American targets first, the state-run Global Times said.<\/p>\n

The warning, delivered through an editorial in the Chinese state-run newspaper on Thursday, comes as both the US and North Korea continue to exchange incendiary remarks, raising the risk of overreaction or miscalculation amid the crisis.<\/p>\n

Beijing should make it clear that \u201cif North Korea launches missiles that threaten US soil first and the US retaliates, China will stay neutral,\u201d the Global Times wrote.<\/p>\n

But if the US and its ally South Korea take on Pyongyang and try to \u201coverthrow the North Korean regime and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so,\u201d the paper stressed.<\/p>\n

The widely-quoted newspaper, published by the Communist Party\u2019s official People\u2019s Daily, also noted that the latest developments are seen in Beijing with growing frustration and deep concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf war really breaks out, the US can hardly reap any strategic harvest and North Korea will face unprecedented risks,\u201d the paper cautioned. \u201cNorth Korea aims to propel the US to negotiate with it, while the US wants to put North Korea in check.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beijing was unable \u201cto persuade Washington or Pyongyang to back down at this time,\u201d the Global Times said, adding it primarily pursues peace and stability in the region. All sides involved in the crisis should understand that \u201cwhen their actions jeopardize China’s interests, China will respond with a firm hand,\u201d the government paper explained.<\/p>\n

China \u2013 North Korea\u2019s long-standing economic partner and ideological ally \u2013 reiterated on Friday that all sides involved in the crisis must\u00a0\u201cspeak and act with caution\u201d\u00a0as well as build up trust rather than\u00a0\u201ctaking turns in shows of strength,\u201d\u00a0according to a Foreign Ministry statement quoted by Reuters.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, US President Donald Trump added more fuel to the North Korean crisis, saying that his previous threat to unleash\u00a0\u201cfire and fury which the world has never seen\u201d\u00a0was perhaps not\u00a0\u201ctough enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on Thursday at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said the North Koreans\u00a0\u201cbetter get their act together or they\u2019re going to be in trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble in this world.\u201d\u00a0The open threat from Washington came after Pyongyang ridiculed Trump\u2019s\u00a0\u201cfire and fury\u201d\u00a0remark as a\u00a0\u201cload of nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pyongyang also announced that a detailed plan to launch missiles against the US Pacific airbase on Guam will be completed soon. In response, the US military signaled it could dispatch strategic B-1 bombers to target North Korea\u2019s missile launch sites, underground facilities and other installations.<\/p>\n

Such a\u00a0\u201creckless game\u201d\u00a0may result in dire consequences, the Global Times said. \u201cNeither Washington nor Pyongyang really wants war, but a war could break out anyway as they do not have the experience of putting such an extreme game under control.\u201d<\/p>\n

The stakes are extremely high as both sides seem ready for worst-case scenarios, according to respected Russian observers. Pavel Zolotarev, a retired Russian major general, told RT that decision-making in Washington goes\u00a0\u201cbeyond rational logic, and \u2026 we can have consequences that are hard to foresee.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery country\u2019s military has to elaborate deployment strategies for any eventuality. It is politicians \u2013 not the military \u2013 who decide on whether or not to use such plans\u2026 So, if the North Korean military talks of such plans, it means it actually has them,\u201d\u00a0he said, commenting on Pyongyang\u2019s threat to target Guam.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe North Korean military may inflict significant damage to US forces during a conventional conflict. Though their equipment is far behind the American assets, their combat readiness and military morale are much higher,\u201d\u00a0the retired general said.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/399310-china-prevent-us-strike-nkorea\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: A clear warning that any attack on North Korea may create a world war as China and Russia will protect this tiny country. The real message is: \u201d North Korea is our ally against US imperialism.\u201d  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":284746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}