Do you know who the four strongest countries in the eyes of North Koreans are? China's status cannot be shaken, and its hegemony is also on the list, but the last one is surprising.
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1st place: China
In the eyes of the Korean people, China is an absolute economic and military power, after all, 5,000 years of heritage and territory are placed there.
Recall that when MacArthur led the United Nations Army to defeat North Korea, it was the mainland that sent millions of volunteers to North Korea and saved the Korean people in danger.
When the myth of Lao Mei's undefeated was broken by the volunteers, it was not only recognized by North Korea, but also became famous all over the world.
In fact, throughout history, North Korea has been our "vassal state" for a long time, and many cultures in North Korea can see our shadow to a greater or lesser extent.
Especially after the collapse of the Soviet Union, we have helped North Korea in all aspects, and ninety percent of North Korea's foreign trade depends on the mainland. Not to mention that China has become the world's second-largest economy, overtaking the United States in many areas. In fact, the captain does not want to talk too much about boasting about the motherland, then let's change the angle and look at the attitude of others.
Recall that at the end of the late Qing Dynasty, we were still just "lambs" to be slaughtered, but as the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continued, the eyes of the world turned to the mainland, but this time our identity changed, from "victims" to "decision-makers".
Even if it is as strong as Russia, Europe and the United States do not hesitate to impose sanctions, if the target is changed to China, what will Europe do? As for the hegemony that has always been unruly, we have fought with the mainland many times in history, but without exception, we have always been the victorious power.
Returning to North Korea itself, the picture of North Korea's military parade has been brushed many times recently, is there no mainland factor in the reason why North Korea dares to challenge the hegemony?
But then again, although North Korea dares to "go to war" against hegemony, in the eyes of North Koreans, the strength of the United States is beyond doubt.
Second place: United States
Are the North Koreans afraid of the United States? Judging from North Korea's recent state of war readiness, North Korea, with its 1.4 million army force, is not afraid of US imperialist hegemony at all, but this does not mean that in the eyes of North Koreans, "the United States is not a great power."
North Korea is not big and economically underdeveloped, but no one dares to underestimate the country because North Korea has atomic bombs. Because of this, North Korea can survive under long-term US sanctions.
Although the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in those years, under the joint efforts of China and North Korea, beat the American soldiers to the urine. However, it is undeniable that the military strength of the United States is indeed strong enough.
The founding of the United States is only a short hundred years old, but fortunately every "scientific and technological revolution", the old United States is at the forefront. Coupled with two world wars, the United States became the victor twice without becoming the main battlefield. Of course, the most important thing is that the Americans invented the atomic bomb.
Even after just experiencing the war, with the deterrence of the atomic bomb and the lessons of Japan's past, the US imperialist hegemony was able to be smoothly exercised.
It's just that after gaining power, the Americans began to get carried away, and over the years, they have been doing things everywhere around the world in order to stabilize their hegemony.
As for how strong is the United States today? The big capitalist countries are following their lead, and a "proxy war" puts Russia in a dilemma.
If South Korea is the slightest concern for North Korea, it is the United States that has been blocking the minds of North Koreans.
However, the current hegemony is becoming weaker, and it can be expected that the future world stage will inevitably show "diversity", and only when the hegemony completely falls one day will it be possible to withdraw from the "list of great powers" in the eyes of North Koreans.
Third and fourth place: Russia and Germany
The third power in the eyes of North Koreans is none other than Russia, the successor of the former big brother Soviet Union, but Germany can be ranked fourth to the surprise of the captain.
Russia became a great power in the world, first because of the vast land, and second because it inherited the huge legacy of the Soviet Union. Even if Russia's economic development has not been good in recent years, no one has ever dared to underestimate the fighting nation.
Since 1946, when the bipolar pattern was formed, North Korea has actually been protected by the Soviet Union. And to resist US aggression and aid Korea is not so much that the mainland helped North Korea, but that the mainland helped the Soviet Union.
As for North Korea, it can be described as "absolute loyalty" to Russia, taking the mainland "lease of the port of Rajin" that many people boast of as an example, in fact, there are not many Chinese in the port, but Russians are everywhere.
Even the person in charge who has been working here for 30 years does not know anything about Chinese, but speaks Russian fluently.
The same is true in North Korea, where the most popular foreign language is Russian, and even many domestic teams used to find Russian translators.
Since North Korea publicly stated in 2017 that "Crimea belongs to Russia", the answer has been very obvious, North Koreans are true love for Russia.
So why is North Korea so supportive of Russia? Because in the eyes of North Koreans, Russia is strong enough and is an absolute military power in the world, and hugging Russia's thighs is the foundation of survival.
Take the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the Western groups led by the United States have tried everything to seem to have dealt Russia a heavy blow, but in fact there is no essential harm. With the Ukrainian army and symbolic assistance from Europe and the United States, to be honest, Putin really did not pay attention.
Moreover, Russia has more than 6,000 nuclear bombs to the bottom, in fact, it is already invincible, with the nature of a fighting nation, if someone really presses it to the ground, it will be a big deal. Of course, this is the worst-case scenario, and it's best not to happen.
In addition to China, the United States and Russia, the great power in the eyes of North Koreans is Germany, Germany during World War II can be described as the limelight, the most important thing is that Germany dares to attack the Soviet Union.
As once the most powerful country in Europe, North Koreans have retained their impression to this day, because North Korea is relatively closed to information and does not know enough about the recent world stage.
Of course, some people say that this fourth place should be "Japan", but due to historical reasons, the captain wants to come to the Koreans to Japan, and the probability is only hatred.