Some interesting analysis and conclusions in the report; however, in the end I think that China will ultimately support unification because it does not want to have to be responsible for north Korea (though it will want to ensure access to resources and I believe it is posturing now through the establishment of the 50 and 100 year leases to mineral rights). As an aside in the report the authors use the Korean name for the Amnok River and put the Chinese name of the Yalu River in parentheses.
The Senate report can be downloaded at this link: http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/China-Koreas-Unification-Lugar-Dec-2012.pdf
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Dave
2013/01/01 10:03 KST
China poses potential obstacle to reunification of Koreas: U.S. Congress report
By Lee Chi-dong
Dec. 31 (Yonhap) -- China may prove to be a major stumbling block to any future efforts by the two Koreas for reunification, a U.S. congressional report said Monday.
"China could attempt to manage, and conceivably block the unification process," said the report released by the office of Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.)
Lugar, a ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the report is aimed at alerting his colleagues in Congress that the reunification of South and North Korea may not follow the German model due to China's history claims and growing influence on the peninsula.
The 84-page report, titled "China's impact on Korean Peninsula unification and questions for the Senate," was authored by staff members at the chamber with the help of Korean and Chinese historians.
It calls for a painstaking review of how the U.S. will respond in case there is a unification process on the peninsula driven either by the warming of inter-Korean relations or by a collapse of the North Korean regime.
China may try to impede the reunification of the two Koreas, which have been divided for more than 60 years, or seek to play a major role on a reunified Korea, according to the report.
The report cited China's historical claims that North Korea belonged to it and Pyongyang's economic dependence on Beijing.
"Disputes about the Korea-China borderline are historic and endless," it said.
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