Signs point to North Korea unilaterally launching the invasion. It was not helpful for the USSR and was at a very bad time for the PRC since the war immediately shut down plans to invade Taiwan.
The U.S., especially after Chinese troops entered the war, viewed it as a united and aggressive communist bloc brashly taking over one more country and likely to try more if not resisted. US defense spending shot back up to wartime levels (though far from the WWII peak) and stayed there.
China also viewed it as a feeler for aggression that would go further if not resisted. Both countries were overinterpreting local issues as global ones.
The dramatic reverses were all in the first year, followed by two years of stalemate before the armistice.
Because industrialization lead to a work force which eventually turned into a militarism because the work force could now make their own amo and guns which they didn't have to rely on other countries <span />
When talking about democracy, 'indirect rule' refers to parliamentary (representative) democracy, where people elect representatives to make policy and govern the state. Direct rule refers to a more direct form of democracy, were the people directly influence policy making, actually through majority rule.
But only if you talk about democracy
I wouldnt go by my answer but I believe it's number 4
