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| Chinese Troops Mass Along Border with N.Korea | |
| 2013-04-12 | |
China's official Global Times carried the story prominently on Wednesday. Chinese warships conducted live-firing drills in the West Sea, where South Korean and U.S. forces were engaged in a joint annual exercise, the daily said. But Chinese military activities were concentrated in Jilin Province, which shares the longest border with the North. Forces were reportedly ordered to raise the alert status to the highest level on March 19. "Large groups of soldiers were seen on the streets in Ji'an, a city in Jilin, amid reports that the [Army] had been ordered to combat readiness status," the daily added. "Heavy armored vehicles, including tanks and armored personnel carriers, were reported moving near the Yalu [Apnok] River that separates China from North Korea." A diplomatic source in Beijing said, "Whenever the crisis deepened on the Korean Peninsula, since the North's second nuclear test in 2009, China has reinforced its troops along the border. Amid escalating threats from North Korea, it's highly likely that Army has moved troops from the Shenyang Military Region," which is in charge of the border. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 ..and having trucks loaded with rice, right behind the spearhead, throwing bags of the stuff into the hands of the onlookers would do wonders to keep the animosity/sabotage factor down. Beats hell out of picking through cow manure to find undigested kernels of corn. |
| Posted by: gorb 2013-04-12 23:01 |
| #10 * WORLD NEWS > [Sky News] "NORTH KOREAN REGIME IS UNSUSTAINABLE". AT THIS POINT THE KIM REGIME WILL EITHER HAVE TO CHANGE OR BE CHANGED OUT BY THE [starving, suffering]PEOPLE. No other choices are left ... ... save de facto North takeover - naturally or forcibly - by China + PLA??? VERSUS * DEFENCE FORUM INDIA > NO USABLE OIL IN DISPUTED AREAS OF SOUTH CHINA SEA?, according to a new Report by the US Energy Information Administration [USEIA]. The majority of "usable" oil is off coastal shores already under State-specific direct or "sole" sovereign control. IIUC, iff China wants Oil, IT MAY HAVE TO ATTACK ASEAN + NAM STATES AS IT WON'T EXTRACT MUCH FROM ITS NEW OFFSHORE SANSHA/SASHI PROVINCE COMPRISING MOST OF THE DISPUTED SCS??? * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Daily Mirror]CHINA READY TO PROTECT SRI LANKA SOVEREIGNTY: PRESIDENT [Xi Jinping]. BY Any + All Means Necessary, includ Military. * FYI SAME > EMOTIONAL FEELINGS FROM BROTHER FROM SAME MOTHER: "UNITED STATES OF INDUSTAN". Aka "United States of India" = "Super-Indian Subcontinent", IFF INDIA + PAKISTAN [Afghanistan?] CAN EVER OVERCOME THEIR DIFFERENCES + PEACEFULLY RE-UNITE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-04-12 22:36 |
| #9 How dare you alter a pristine and cohesive society like the Norks! |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-04-12 12:36 |
| #8 Wonton spring |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-12 10:06 |
| #7 ..and having trucks loaded with rice, right behind the spearhead, throwing bags of the stuff into the hands of the onlookers would do wonders to keep the animosity/sabotage factor down. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-12 09:59 |
| #6 ...I don't think they're interested in nation building. It's a lot easier to decapitate the leadership and put in amiable puppets quickly enough not to stir up nationalistic tendencies among the Korean population. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-04-12 09:55 |
| #5 What kind of defenses does North Korea actually have on the Yalu? It was my understanding that they're all designed to keep Koreans in, and, I imagine, some minor sop towards keeping infiltrators out. I can't imagine China actually trying to conquer North Korea, the optics for them would be terrible. But maybe a Chinese-facilitated coup, and liquidation of the faction currently pulling Kim Jung Un's strings, in favor of a new, more reliable, more directly Chinese-controlled cadre? I could see that. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2013-04-12 09:40 |
| #4 Things could go badly for the NORKs. An influx of |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-04-12 01:57 |
| #3 I have my doubts, but Chinese Pert on WORLD MIL FORUM argues that China will NOT mil intervene in NOKOR off KJU unilater starts an unnecessary war + no US-Allied ground forces cross the DMZ. IMO the larger issue is whether China will delay or forego its anti-US "Manifest Destiny" to take over the US position in Asia-Pacific + the World. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-04-12 01:41 |
| #2 Or are they worried that the ROK is going to do something about its yappy cousins? They're worried about Japan. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-04-12 01:36 |
| #1 Well, it is the year of the Snake. |
| Posted by: tipper 2013-04-12 01:18 |