Why are the Chinese so friendly with North Korea, what on earth could a such a shitty county possibly give to China?

Why are the Chinese so friendly with North Korea, what on earth could a such a shitty county possibly give to China?

You're implying that China isn't a shitty country?

Both """"""""Communist"""""""". Both oppose the USA.

Misery loves company?

To live yeah but what could NK give China to make them not want to bomb the shit out of em like every other country

Coal

Seperate themselves from regions that have been greatly influenced by Americans. They were more useful mid century but now that there is such a large skills and education gap, along with NK having nuclear weapons, taking control of North Korea is a death sentence for any neighboring country.

Why is the jewsa so friendly with Israel?

Based Kim wears a glove when he has to shake filthy China hands.

Slave labour.

NK is essentially a buffer state for the Chinese to stop NATO getting too close to the Chinese border

They banned NK coal imports for one year already.

China imports far more Coal from Australia, Canada, and the USA than what it gets from NK.

NK is actually a great country. Don't believe the (((MSM)))'s fake news.

>Why are the Chinese so friendly with North Korea

Didn't they just deploy troops to the North Korean boarder?

They are not. You a victim of american propaganda. If the could they would wipe out North Korea from the surface of earth. Right now USA is using NK as a justification for massive militarisation of the region and China can do shit. China has more influence on SK than NK.

It's their pet project to keep a true Stalinist state running. China tried but to many people died, so instead the have a mini China that they do social experiments in

This is the only correct answer in this thread.

They have no choice, user.

North Korea is a hand grenade duct taped to China's hand. China is already a fragile economy. Consider what would happen if Kim's Regime collapsed. Even if there was ZERO violence, what do you think would happen?
>Mass refugee flow into China
>Refugees are uneducated, malnourished, and unskilled, possibly brainwashed
>Capitalist South Korea, US, and Japan step right up to China's border

China has no choice but to prop up NK as a buffer

Didn't see these before posting. Correct

Fake news. China doesn't give a shit about Stalinism.

North Korea acts as a buffer state between China and the 'Western Powers' (and their Asian allies).
Much like how Ukraine was a buffer state between Russia and the West

are there any estimations on what the body count is so far for the jong il family? stalin killed about 20-30mil didnt he, and mao's high score was about 60, how does NK compare?

Buffer against South Korea.

Desire to keep a divided Korea and frozen conflict in place.

China does not want a unified Korea that has nukes, high tech and weaponized Koean Autistic fury. Korea may decide to liberate the whole of the Liadong peninsula.