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| China denies reports of massing troops at North Korea border |
| 2016-04-22 |
| Al-Rooters China's Defense Ministry on Friday denied reports that Chinese troops were massing on the North Korean border, ahead of a possible fifth North Korean nuclear test, saying its deployments there were normal. "No, no! They're tourists" The Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said earlier this week that China had sent 2,000 troops to the border, a story picked up by Russian and Iranian news outlets, among others. The decision was made ahead of the expected testing of North Korea's fifth nuclear device, the report said, in violation of U.N. sanctions. "The relevant report does not accord with the facts," the Defense Ministry said in a short statement. "The Chinese military maintains normal combat readiness and training on the China-North Korea border." It did not elaborate. "I can say no more" Reports periodically surface about unusual troops movements on the border, which are hard to verify independently and generally quickly denied by the Chinese government. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 Actually, we have a wall of Beltway and K street lawyers. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-04-22 22:48 |
| #7 We got a wall of water-fountains, soup-kitchens and easy credit SHW NGOz, not much I guess, but something. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-04-22 19:05 |
| #6 are building a wall with AK-47's. Something to be learned here, something to be learned. The AK is no longer standard issue with PLA regulars, although their AK copies are issued to militia units. |
| Posted by: badanov 2016-04-22 15:06 |
| #5 A wall of AK-47s. That's such a good line I'm going to borrow it. I do wonder if refugee interdiction is the only interest here: the same gun-wall would also tend to cut smuggling into Nork-Land (or at least make the local military cadres wealthy). |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-04-22 13:48 |
| #4 I'm more inclined towards refugee interdiction, what with the relatively warmer weather coming on. Spot on! The Chinese certainly understand national sovereignty and are building a wall with AK-47's. Something to be learned here, something to be learned. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-04-22 11:28 |
| #3 I'm more inclined towards refugee interdiction, what with the relatively warmer weather coming on. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-04-22 11:24 |
| #2 A chinese invasion of North Korea would be interesting to watch. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-04-22 11:15 |
| #1 They probably average more troops than that INSIDE North Korea over the last decade. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-04-22 10:56 |