America needs to mend its relationship with China. America needs China, but China needs America more.
Trade
Half of the conflict America and China have is on trade. China has a near stranglehold on the American consumer, but the America has zero stranglehold over the Chinese consumer. The Chinese consumer will buy Chinese no matter what. You see American products are not surpassed in China nor are Chinese so poor they cannot afford American products. The issue here is that America wants more sway over Chinese culture. America believes if it can sway Chinese discourse then the Chinese will buy American goods. This is a deluded mentality that the oligarchs of America have largely given up on. The Chinese are not only Nationalists in terms of ethnic identity and culture they are even more Nationalist on the economic front. They will not purchase a product from overseas unless it is the only one available or far more superior than what they have at the current moment.
Taiwan
America knows Taiwan is a lost cause. China is more poised than ever to take Taiwan. If China could take Hong Kong during the Trump era, they will be more blatant about taking Taiwan during the Biden era and possible Trump 2.0 era. The issue with giving up Taiwan is that it would be a huge foreign policy humiliation for America, so they need to find a way to give up Taiwan without losing face. The way to do this is North Korea. Kim Jong Un is useless and North Korea as a nation-state is worthless. South Korea is more important than North Korea ever will be. South Korea also has massive issues with housing affordability. The deal would be to let China take Taiwan on the basis they take in 25 million North Koreans. It would be easy for China to absorb 25 million people as they can ethnically integrate into Chinese society. Whether they speak Chinese won’t be an issue as China knows how to economically integrate people.
If China Can Take In 25 Million Why Is It A Crisis?
China is a fragile society. Political uprisings happen all the time in that country. Chinas also has ghost cities. China’s real estate market has basically wrecked the economy as no one is buying at the moment and loans are being defaulted on. The CCP will not be able to censor the news of a North Korean Migrant Crisis. China’s plan would be to house them in ghost cities. If there is one country that can survive a massive migrant caravan of 25 million people its China as they have unoccupied cities and would not strain any resources. The people of China will not like this however as it will be seen as an invasion and chaos could ensue. What the CCP would do when chaos erupts over this is let the Chinese citizens be violent towards the North Koreans. China does not give two shits about human rights and would just let the violence go.
Why Take In North Koreans?
It’s time for the trade of all trades. China gets Taiwan in exchange South Korea becomes Korea again. America needs to step back from Korea, not permanently, but reduce the strain that the military bases in Korea cause. Once this happens you will see some stability in that region. America will need to fire the shot first. They need to kill Kim Jong Un and the rest will take care of itself.