North Korea's persistence in carrying outweapons testing Is dangerous and provocative, and the US, Japan and South Korea need to support Taiwan's Charter for Permanent Peace to lead China to democratize. This would put pressure on North Korea to follow suit and drop its nuclear weapons program. Emmanuel Kant once noted, 'The pursuit of permanent peace is the highest goal of reason and a moral obligation.' China claims to be a'responsible major power', thus it should not enable North Korea's continued militarism. For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace andDevelopment.