Years of official propaganda about the need to reunify the motherland , and the disastrous historical consequences of a divided china , means that these attitudes are very widely shared .
But kcna also noted mr. hyon 's call ' to reunify the country and achieve the final victory , ' north-speak for placing the south under the north 's control .
This reflects a broad consensus in beijing leadership circles that a destabilized north korea could lead to chaos on its borders -- or a pro-western neighbor if north korea were to collapse and reunify with democratic , capitalist south korea .
