Reuters (February 15)
2011/ 02/ 16 by jd in Global News
China has endorsed Kim Jong-il’s succession plans. China’s public security minister, Meng Jianzhu, publicly congratulated Kim’s youngest son Jong-un on his recent promotion to vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission. China’s endorsement of the North Korean dynasty appears to spring from “worries that any regime change in the North could cause a flood of refugees to cross its border, precipitate reunification of the peninsula on the South’s terms and bring American influence right up to its border.”
Tags: China, Jong-un, Kim Jong Il, North Korea, Succession
