From The Chosun Ilbo:A U.S. expert on inter-Korean affairs claims that China is fundamentally against the reunification of the two Koreas.
During a speech entitled "The Cost and Consequences of Korean Unification" delivered in Washington on Wednesday, Peter Beck, a research fellow at Stanford University's Asia Pacific Research Center, said China is against reunification should it stem from a failed North Korea and that its principal policy regarding the Korean Peninsula is stability.
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My Comment: Human beings are creatures of habit, and for China they have lived with a communist North Korean neighbor for so long that any change will not be looked upon favorably.
But in the end .... change will happen not because of China, Japan, or the United States .... it will change because the Korean people want it. They are the same people, with the same history, culture, and language. The idea that they will be separated for many more years will fly in the face of history and the need for people of the same culture/ tribe/background to join together.