Really, this is so cold war era. At least the Soviet Union wasn't trying to hide their puppets. We all know America hates China,if we especially with that Xi as president but long before it was always China that stood in the way of America's Galactic Empire (even though they couldn't get the ability to get into Vietnam but I digress). So they have this official love hate relationship with North Korea, but they actually LOVE North Korea because one day their nuclear weapons will rain death upon China's neighbors, millions of refugees will flood north east China and American troops will advance to the Chinese border, without any retaliation to America ... right?
Only one problem; little bozo is a moron; gets stuck with UN sanctions. What to do? They need oil to keep their little state afloat. America can't directly give oil to NK so ... why not Panama?
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/12/31/asia/ ... index.html ... oops caught red handed.
Poor America. She could never be as good as the Soviet Union.