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| Chinese Defense Minister Pledges Loyalty to Norks | |
| 2009-11-24 | |
He was speaking at a reception hosted by North Korea's Ministry of the People's Armed Forces. "I personally experienced the bilateral friendship sealed in blood when I was in Korea about 50 years ago as a member of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army," fighting in the Korean War on the North Korean side. His North Korean counterpart Kim Yong-chun said, "It is the firm stand of our Army and people to develop the Korea-China friendship, which has withstood all trials of history." On Nov. 17, Gen. Kim Jong-gak, the first vice director of the General Political Bureau and an influential leader in the North Korean Army, visited Beijing, where he met Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, the presumptive next leader. Kim Yong-chun visited China in June. Kim Heung-kyu, a professor at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, said, "China apparently feels the need to establish a channel in the North Korean military since the military's influence in the North's policy-making process is growing." The bilateral military channel was virtually disconnected in the late 1950s when Kim Il-sung conducted a mass purge of so-called pro-Chinese "Yanan faction" in the military. Prof. Nam Joo-hong of Kyonggi University said, "With the approach of the North's return to the six-party talks, it's time for China to placate the North Korean military. And it's also time for the North to seek outside military support to rely as the Seoul-Washington alliance is strong." | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #10 TOPIX > OBAMA: [some, certain]US TROOPS IN KOREA COULD MOVE TO AFGHANISTAN; + JAPAN WANTS AN EMPRESS??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-24 22:25 |
| #9 Funny how Russia and China support all our enemies! Wow, all that obvious-ness and only one exclamation point?!!! |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-11-24 21:53 |
| #8 Oh yeah, the other weird thing about China is seeing North Koreans show up in places like tradeshows and such. In my experience, they are decently dressed and dirt poor. One of my friends tried to pick up one of the women. I still have a couple of their catalogs. It's also fun seeing "Pyongyang" on the departures board in Beijing airport. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-11-24 13:33 |
| #7 "I personally experienced the bilateral friendship sealed in blood when I was in Korea about 50 years ago as a member of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army," Wow, really? The vast majority of the "volunteers" were Kuomintang retreads sent there to die under UN artillery and machine guns. Mao couldn't just off them without causing trouble. I was just in Chinese class the other day when we learned the word for Korea. I said, "North Korea is China's good friend" as an example sentence and got corrected by the teacher. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-11-24 13:28 |
| #6 China since the long reach of the emperors considers Korea just another vassal |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-11-24 13:23 |
| #5 Ummm, don't we support theirs? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-11-24 13:02 |
| #4 Funny how Russia and China support all our enemies! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2009-11-24 12:53 |
| #3 "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' whilst one reaches for a stone." |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-11-24 12:09 |
| #2 WMF > MILITARY EXPERT: CHINA'S NEW STEALTH FIGHTER TO FACE THE US-LED ENCIRCLEMENT OF EAST ASIA; + THE FIRST TO FIGHT WITH: THE US PLANS TO SEND "GREAT GREEN FLEET" OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER BATTLE GROUPS TO DOMINATE THE NORTH POLE. "TOP GUN" MAVERICK [Tom Cruise} goes GREEN??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-24 02:30 |
| #1 See also TOPIX/WORLD NEWS > [Ministry of Foreign Affairs]JAPAN URGES US TO REDUCE EAST ASIA [military]PRESENCE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-11-24 01:00 |