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Unconventional ideas can sometimes help us when we’re mired in a difficult issue. However, a critical flaw in a fresh idea can also disrupt the ongoing process of solving the original problem.

The “China solution,” recently proposed by Dr. Fyodor Tertitskiy, raises various thought-provoking points concerning Korean peninsula security issues. He argued that the global community could essentially strip North Korea of its sovereignty and transfer it to China because de facto Beijing rule could help solve the North Korean nuclear