Now North Korean border guard shoots Chinese at their border

[toofs]

Maybe the Chinese were throwing rocks.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

@astorian

Well, China Guy, I’m a bit surprised but relieved to know that, secretly, the Chinese know that North Korea is a dangerous mess. But that is NOT the way they’ve portrayed the situation to the rest of the world.

I’d be delighted if China’s leaders were telling US diplomats privately, “Look, we KNOW Kim Jong-il is a dangerous fruitcake, but what do you expect us to do about it? We can’t control him any more than you can, and if we put pressure on him, he may do something REALLY crazy!”

Instead, China has been pretending for a long time that they control North Korea, and have acted as if they’re in the driver’s seat.

Kim had a recent meeting in Beijing.
Very recent.
It is possible that he did not like what was said.

This may have been ordered.. To show that nobody is in charge of NK, except Kim.

A rebuke to China, of sorts. Plus bullets.