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PLA Maneuvers with Intervention to N. Korea in Mind?
Kyunghyang Shinmun ^
| 09/11/06
| Hong In-pyo
Posted on 09/12/2006 5:28:06 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
/begin my translation
PLA Maneuvers with Intervention to N. Korea in Mind? |
09/11/06 |
China's PLA is reportedly conducting training exercises designed to cope with crisis in Korean Peninsula
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Chinese state media, Xinhua, reported, "Total of 6,000 troops, made up of mechanized infantry brigade(3,000) from Shenyang Military District and its opponents(3,000), an armored brigade from Beijing Military District, went into training exercises against biochemical, naval, and aerial attacks. It started on Sept. 5 on a training base under Beijing Military District, located on a steppe in Inner Mongolia."
190th Mechanized Infantry Brigade of 39th Corps under Shenyang Military District finished map exercises on Sept. 5, and departed its base at Benxi in Liaoliang Province on Sept. 6, and covered 1,000 km(over 620 miles) to reach the training base, the first long-distance maneuver in (PLA's ?) history. The exercises will last until Sept. 15,
While moving, they also underwent training to evade enemy satellite surveillance and deal with electromagnetic disturbances. Shenyang Military District is one of seven military districts of PLA. Its headquarter is located in Shenyang, and it is assigned to deal with situations which could develop in Korean Peninsula.
In addition to the development above, a rapid deployment unit from 162th Division under Jinan Military District is also reportedly starting yet another exercise with the scenario of intervention in Korea. Jinan Military District has its headquarter in Jinan, Shandong Province. It is responsible for dealing with situations in Japan and Korean Peninsula. Beijing's military sources are paying keen attention to these exercises which are conducted in the backdrop of tense Korean situation caused by 6-party talks in stalemate, N. Korean missile launches, and warning against nuclear test. Hong In-pyo in Beijing
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006; 200609; china; exercise; jinan; longdistance; nkorea; northkorea; publicity; shenyang; training
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another dispatch from the same newspaper, it reported the coverage of Inner Mongolia exercises by reporters from Xinhua. Apparently, this is a highly publicized event, where reporters are embedded with the troops, travel together, and file reports along the way. So Chinese government wants everybody to know about this event. Maybe one of their intended audience is Kim Jong-il.
It was Hong Kong's Information Center for Chinese Human Right and Democracy Movement which said that these exercises are for potential intervention in Korean Peninsula.
The training site(marked with a tent symbol on the top right of the following picture)
To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; OahuBreeze; yonif; risk; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; ...
To: TigerLikesRooster
PLA Maneuvers with Intervention to N. Korea in Mind?Could they be interested in some real estate a little further south?
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:30:06 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: mewzilla
Re #3
They could go all the way down to DMZ, if they travel 1,000 km from their base down to Korean Peninsula.
All GP's along DMZ may wake up one day to see PLA soldiers on the other side. Not a comforting thought.
To: TigerLikesRooster
Plus North Korea is not very densely populated, and the Chinese need space. I believe China also has made claims parts of Korea. They usually make a ridiculous but official claim to justify their imperialism.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:44:03 AM PDT
by
gafusa
To: TigerLikesRooster
"along DMZ may wake up one day to see PLA soldiers on the other side. Not a comforting thought" I'm not so sure that it would be a bad thing. China created this mess in th first place...I think that they should be the ones to clean it up. China does a lot of business with the South Koreans and Hyundai is the most popular cars in China. Having been in china a few months ago, I can comfortably say that the average chinaman is none to happy about having Kim Jung Il doing stupid things not to far from them and they don't trust him to think that he wouldn't turn on them.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:52:06 AM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather?)
To: Ouderkirk
Re #6
China may exercise near total control over N. Korea. Already some Chinese academic spout a claim that everything north of Han River belongs to China.
To: TigerLikesRooster
If China attacks North Korea, the Russians will be there to assist them. Russia has increased it's military presense in the region, specifically in the area of Vladvostok and the Russian/North Korean border. It would be the first use of the SCO as a Military alliance.
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posted on
09/12/2006 2:17:27 PM PDT
by
Thunder90
To: Thunder90
I doubt so, for now North Korea is at least part of China and Russia agenda unless Pyongyang do something stupid that pissed both China and Russia off.
To: TigerLikesRooster
I read something about the Russians also moving troops into the Far East Region (Vladivostok) a few weeks back. It could be that the SCO is getting ready to prove its viability as an alliance.
To: TigerLikesRooster
The Russians also are sending troops into the region to participate.
To: Thunder90
Do you know the approximate size of their forces being relocated?
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posted on
09/30/2007 7:30:27 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster; Fedora
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posted on
04/14/2017 11:31:53 PM PDT
by
piasa
To: TigerLikesRooster; Fedora
Shenyang military district?
Interesting... Shenyang is where there is a North Korean consulate and Nork hotel to house North Korean hackers, according other articles posted here.
And this is interesting:
A N. Korean Diplomat Found Dead in Shenyang (Disappeared since Oct.) Chosun Ilbo ^ | 11/13/09 | Choi Yushik Posted by TigerLikesRooster
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posted on
04/14/2017 11:49:15 PM PDT
by
piasa
To: piasa
It is a big city in Manchuria.
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posted on
04/15/2017 2:38:40 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(dead parakeet + lost fishing gear = freep all day)
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