为什么像中国这样成功的世界大国会支持朝鲜这种恐怖的专制国家？

Why does a successful world power like China support a terrible repressive country like North Korea?

答主：Lance Chambers, Interested in US politics since the Kennedy assassination

China doesn’t ‘support NK’. What it does do is to ensure that NK stays alive and there is a very good reason for that.
中国并没有“支持朝鲜”。它所作的只有确保朝鲜活下去，这其中有很好的理由。

The top arrow shows a part of China. The middle arrow shows the border between China and North Korea and the bottom one shows the border between NK and South Korea.
最上面的箭头指向中国的一部分。中间的箭头指向中国和朝鲜之间的边界，而下方的箭头指向朝鲜和韩国之间的边界。

Now think about what would happen if NK disappeared and was taken over by the West.
现在思考一下，如果朝鲜就此消失，然后落入西方手中。

We would see South Korea, with the help of Western nations push NK aside and China would end up with the US and a host of other Western nations right on Chinas border.
我们会发现在西方国家的支持下，韩国把朝鲜一把推开，然后中国就会面临美国和许多其他西方国家已经紧挨着中国边境这样的结局。

China supports NK because it stops the US and US allies from building bases right on the Chinese border. Sort of like someone who hates you peering over your fence all the time and that’s never pleasant.
中国支持朝鲜的目的是借此阻止美国及其盟友在中国边境修建军事基地。这有点像某个讨厌你的人一天24小时仔细端详你的篱笆，而这永远不会令人高兴。

So China keeps NK going for its own safety.
所以说中国是为了它自身的安全而保证北朝鲜存活。

单词表

repressive adj. 压制的，专制的
aside adv. 到旁边
end up with 以……告终
a host of 许多
sort of like 有点像
peer v. 仔细看
fence n. 篱笆

译自：https://qr.ae/prmvYX

时间：2021年6月17日