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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • From reading the article, it’s possible nuclear arms race, military tech transfer, and refugee crisis to name a few:

    But Kim’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric against Seoul has the South once again debating whether it should have its own nuclear arsenal. North Korean troops on a Ukrainian battlefield would only further unravel Beijing’s plans.

    Experts say Beijing is just as worried as the West about what military technology Putin might sell to Kim in exchange for troops.

    “Satellites, for sure,” Mr Foster-Carter says. “But Putin is bad – not mad. Russia knows just as China knows that North Korea is a loose cannon. Giving [Kim] more technology for nukes is not a good thing for anybody.”

    Experts believe Xi is unlikely to do anything drastic because China needs a stable North Korea – if he cuts off aid, he would likely have a refugee crisis at the border.