The US has ten very eloquent diplomats, or aircraft carriers as the gunboats are called nowadays. They speak all languages.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4652908/China-builds-new-military-facilities-South-China-Sea-islands-think-tank.html

With becoming enriched comes along the ability to plan and fulfill your plans. China has an interest in keeping America busy “worrying” about what N. Korea may or may not do.

Hit them hard before they are a military power strong enough to counter balance our own power.

The opening move must be total escalation. Because they would lose it. So they would hustle something innovative up really quickly to try to buy themselves a way out. It’s their role to do so in the new Imperial world order.

The more refined tools of financial manipulation need to be defined and used incrementally to achieve the desired results. Use them properly and ruthlessly.

They counterfeit American currency (which winds up in the Middle East and is extremely high-quality) and their production of methamphetamine(and associated stimulants) is substantial. (which is exported for hard-currency & goods.)

Coal nets them maybe $100 a ton, Vs. $20K a pound for amphetamine.
(and, a million dollars in 100’s, fits on a shipping pallet, as the Iranian’s discovered when their ransom payments were received from Obama.)

China apparently allows N. Korea to access the SWIFT global financial settlement system. Until that ends, everything is just manufactured-drama. (Carly Fiorina, was the only person I ever recall, to bring this up last summer.)

https://www.swift.com/

South Africa used Fischer-Tropsch process to convert its coal to oil when they were boycotted. I wonder if North Korea can do the same.

Garry: My mistake. I was not clear. I have clarified the post. China blocked imports of coal from North Korea.

China has no interest in reigning N. Korea and the U.S. up until now has not made their activities have any cost to them. There must be consequence to actions taken and with Obama at the wheel for 8 years China has been able to do as they please when ever they please. Another wonderful consequence to electing an anti America president, twice.

China is more of a threat to America and the free world than Russia is IMO. China is a promoter of “Globalization”, Globalization IMO is a threat to Russia. Therefore China is aligned with the American Left, I.E. the Democrat party / Soros interests. So an enhanced alliance between Russia and America is IMO a strategic asset rather than a liability. China and Russia have energy business together but long term they seem more enemies than allies.

This is one of the things that make this “Trump / Russia collusion” story line even more interesting to me. I think that this American Left / Globalist political narrative is designed to sour or make impossible for America and Russia to become closer and in the long term neuter China.

China has thoughts of world domination, I say that should not be allowed to be fulfilled.

I am skeptical how much China actually wants to reign in NK.