China sends more troops to N. Korea border(10K elite troops)

Straits Times ^ | 10/15/04 | N/A

[TigerLikesRooster]

They already have 150K at the border. Now they are sending additional 10K, some of their best. I doubt that they are send to deal with hungry N. Korean soldiers escaping with their guns.

Probably they are to seize N. Korean key facilities across the border if something goes wrong in N. Korea and power vacuum occurs.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[gunnygail]

I thought that Jimmy Karter squared the whole region away with his visits. Hmm. Must have just been Dictator A$$-KISSING practice visits.

[maestro]

?......10,000......nothing here,... move on till.......1,000,000

[NautiNurse]

fox guarding the henhouse

[dementg]

Ms Chang has information regarding the family tree of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il

That's going to take a while to list off.

[apillar]

As bad as the Chinese treat their own citizens, living under the Chinese would be paradise compared to living under the North Korean government. Maybe the Chinese are finally getting fed up with the North Koreans and are considering a little territorial expansion...

[nw_arizona_granny]

Is it possible that China would invade N. Korea?

Is there anything of value near where all the troops are?

[DB]

I can only guess China doesn't want a nuclear armed Japan next door which will likely happen if China doesn't get the situation under control.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #5

Well, this particular hen is a nasty one. But it is in poor health. That improves the odds.:)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[maestro]

China needs more sea ports......and..... 'control'..... freaks is their game.....

[DB]

A nuclear armed N. Korea is a threat to all its neighbors including Japan. If China doesn't do something fairly soon, China is going to find all its neighbors have also armed themselves with nuclear weapons. Some of those neighbors are not friendly to China. That is not in China's longterm interests.

[bobjam]

A Chinese invasion of North Korea could be several things:
1) a preemptive action to avoid a second Korean War involving the United States, South Korea and possibly Japan against Pyonyang.
2) another step in China's Anschluss. They've already moved into Hong Kong and another renegade island. This could be a training prelude to an invasion of Taiwan.
3) a measure to see to it that China is the only regional nuclear power. A nuclear North Korea could lead to a nuclear South Korea and a rearmed and possibly nuclear Japan.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

Well, there are many secret underground military installations. This could also be an economically valuable area for Chinese because it would give Eastern Manchuria a direct access to sea. Currently, anything produced in Eastern Manchuria has to be transported by thousands of kilometers to the West to be loaded on ships.

[Blogger]

Sounds like the time for some bilateral talks. <./sarcasm>

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #14

It is all three which China tries to achieve. This is a big move. China recently made waves on multiple fronts , which gave us enough clues to get some decent picture of what they are up to. I wonder how Americans reacts. So far they are quiet.

[oldironsides]

America invaded Iraq. North Korea is next door to China and the North Koreans have been spilling over the border looking for food. I would not doubt that China would walk into N. Korea. It would be brown pants time for the south. The world may even cheer an invasion of North Korea. How sane is the leader of North Korea? Does China worry about being nuked by a crazy man?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I a agree with you on that, what better time then now, to take a advantage of the situation in Iraq, our troops in other places in th world.
China is watching our election, and they see that our nation is being weakened by the ( LEFT / LIBS / ANTI - WAR Group ).
The Chinses saw what happened to our country during the 2000 election, and they see that this time might be even a worse situation than in the election in 2000.
What better time now, to invade Korea.

[FranceForBushInAustin]

let the Chinese bring "freedom" to the North Korea....