re: #252 NJDhockeyfan

If Russia and China are condemning (and they are), that means that a SCR is quite possible with still more sanctions.

Each of the countries can impose their own unilateral sanctions or strengthen the ones already in place - above and beyond the sanctions already imposed by the UN for violations of prior agreements.

To date, China’s looked to block any action that could lead to the regime falling in Pyongyang because it could lead to a mass refugee crisis that they don’t want to deal with, but they aren’t going to want a rogue regime pulling them further into an international crisis that serves no one well. China also plays role of intermediary since it still has relations with the regime. China could let new sanctions go (by abstaining) in the Security Council as a telegraphing that they aren’t happy with North Korea.