Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-80.236.247.36-20151203215414/@comment-26154170-20151214103833

89.240.58.230 wrote: An alliance against S. Korea and the USA would be plausable, but in the long turm, Chnia would not want to commit ecanomic suacide by aideing N. Korea's failed economy. South Korea is already American-alligned.

Also, a prosperous state can unify with a poor one through gradual economic integration before unification, as shown in China and Hong Kong. Your idea that China will commit economic suicide by aiding North Korea's economy (it is poor, but already industrialised) will only occur during Germany-style reunification.