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| China asks S. Korea to remain calm over Nork rocket launch | |
| 2012-03-21 | |
BEIJING -- China has urged South Korea to remain calm and restrained over North Korea's planned rocket launch next month,
Beijing conveyed the stance to Seoul during a meeting on Sunday between Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Fu Ying and Lee Kyu-hyung, the South Korean ambassador to China, the source said. At the meeting, Fu also expressed "concern" over the North's plan to launch a satellite on the back of a long-range rocket, the source said. North Korea has rejected criticism of the planned rocket launch by its neighbors South Korea and Japan as well as their military ally, the United States, which sees the North's satellite launch as a disguised missile test. China, the North's last-remaining ally, also voiced rare concern during a meeting between Zhang Zhijun, China's vice foreign minister and Ji Jae-ryong, North Korea's ambassador in Beijing, according to a report by Xinhua news agency. | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 The DPRK is accusing the ROK of engaging in a wily dastardly, unfair "smear campaign" agz the North's good name. * OTOH INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > NORTH KOREA DENIES ROCKET LAUNCH WILL BREAK US PACT. * SAME > CHINA SAYS IT HELD "FRANK" TALKS WID NORTH KOREA ENVOY. * SAME > NORTH KOREA INVITES IAEA, CLAIMS US DEAL STILL IN FORCE. versus * CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > CHINA'S MARITIME EXPANSION COULD GO BEYOND TAIWAN: EXPERTS. SCS Region to as far west as Africa. ARTIC = TAIWAN, + possibly the Daoyutai Islands [Japan = Senkakus], are the ONLY ISSUE(S) THAT MAY CAUSE A MIL CONFLICT BETWEEN CHINA + THE USA. Again, China sees its sovereign reunification wid Taiwan as its all-important key to breaking of the barriers of the "First Island Chain" + gaining strategic access into WESTPAC + ultimately CENTPAC, EASTPAC. ITS WILLING TO FIGHT A MAJOR CONVENTIONAL ANDOR NUCLEAR WAR OER TAIWAN, WHERE ANY INCURRENCE OF MASSIVE/ PROHIBITIVE PLA CASUALTIES IS NOT AN ISSUE. The Daoyutai Islands [+ Okinawa?] are there for protection + defense of Taiwan, + OKINAWA-TAIWAN-PHIL CORRIDOR INTO WESTPAC. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-03-21 21:23 |
| #2 I wonder if China would be so calm if Japan or South Korea started testing nuclear-capable missiles. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-03-21 21:22 |
| #1 a "grave provocation." moreso than shelling your landmass or torpedoing warcraft? Is it the puppets or the masters that have no cohones? Bad parenting all around. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2012-03-21 12:18 |