Will today's strike in Syria change the way NK/China thinks or acts in their respective AOs?

China is China if Trump comes in and levels North Korea they would probably be relieved. China is fighting an economic war............

Nope. China and North Korea will continue to do what they are doing. Completely different situations, conditions, and end games.

Not at all. I think they see, as I would, its not to hard to push the POTUS to get him to act. I really think he is attacking Syria off of emotions from seeing them dead kids. I hope he and his advisors have come up with COAs if and when Iran and Russia gets involved.

Doubt it.

Hopefully it makes the set back and take notice.

Ummmm.......NO

You think they have not done their own evaluations? Now China's will be a lot more fact based than North Korea BUT both have done them. China has much more to lose (like economic and political collapse if trade is impacted). So they will continue to thread the needle. Fact is though very soon their need for the US as a pillar of their trade will ebb and we will have less traction as they phase out the era of labor for US brands and the products are more and more Chinese top to bottom.

Now try to think at an international level. What does this accomplish? Do our adversaries back down? What is our agenda as opposed to the UN's agenda? I guess what I'm asking all of us to see is what chess piece does the US represent?

If you and your girlfriend were on a date and you hauled off and slapped her hard on the face would it change the way your girlfriend thought about dates with you?

Sp4 Byron Skinner. This is an old question I think in the short term on has to say no impact on the actions of either China. The long term is a bit different story though. With China developing its first overseas military base in Bahrain and the country of Bahrain asking the US to take its 5th. Fleet HQ'ed in Bahrain an get out. IN decades to come this could make China ac competitive power in the Middle East. NKorea is a long way for developing a permeant interest in the Middle East, it's just to small and too poor to be thinking outside its own borders. The big player of course is Russia who is in the process of taking over Syria. As it looks now now President Assad will be a Russian Colonial puppet until he dies either of natural causes or prematurely. A Russian Battle Flotilla in the Mediterranean Sea will definitely change the mission of the 6th. Fleet. With at the added ship and manpower pressure in the Pacific this could become a real problem area for the USNavy. Don't look for China to be an international military player until after mid Century and the it will fill fourth or fifth spot behind Japan and India.