Posted on 02/06/2018 10:06:48 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Report: China Moves 300,000 Troops Closer to North Korean Border
by FRANCES MARTEL 5 Feb 2018
China is reportedly moving missile defense batteries and troops closer to its border with North Korea, a potential sign that Beijing anticipates either a large refugee wave north or a military disturbance triggered by the belligerence of communist dictator Kim Jong-un. The South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo cited Radio Free Asia (RFA) in a report Monday, stating that RFA had compiled evidence that China had “late last year deployed another missile defense battery at an armored division in Helong, west of Longjing in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture.”
The “North Korean source in China” speaking to RFA also noted that Pyongyang had observed the movement of 300,000 troops closer to the North Korean border and “missile defense batteries near North Korean reservoirs by the Apnok and Duman rivers.” The batteries would prevent the violent outpouring of those reservoirs into China in the event of an airstrike.
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I thought they’d already done this in April 2017...150,000 at that time. Reinforcements no doubt.
So what does this mean
If they cut a deal with U.S. to allow a military strike, they want something big in return. Such as defacto takeover of N. Korea and install their puppet regime. To make sure NK does not stray again.
Even when they ostensibly come in to defend N. Korea against U.S., that will lead to their takeover, too. They won't leave just because U.S. scraps the attack. Once they are in, they will probably rearrange the local political landscape. After all, they save NK from annihilation again, and it is not for free.
All those options sound awful. So what should USA do?
If you absolutely want no shooting and no economic fallout, then scrap the non-proliferation in E. Asia. That is, allow all E. Asian states to go nuclear.
But I have a feeling that you don't like it either. Even more so for those in DC.
In 1950 the ChiComs also pre-positioned troops on that border to help the Norks invade South Korea.
As much as I would like to see reunification, China is a better option than the current regime.
It means another 300,000 Chinese freezing their noogies off in the Manchurian winter. Other than that it’s anybody’s guess.
These are the advance team. Part of a plan to see if the war can be won without firing a shot. I rate it just better than 50/50. If who flung dung is still too stupid to see the handwriting on the wall, the Million become the ground game.
Refugees. Missile defense batteries. Uh huh.
China is one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council. China has an obligation to strictly enforce UN sanctions against North Korea. Naturally, as a part of China, Taiwan must abide by UN resolutions. This has been made clear in a recent report by independent UN monitors, who claimed they “investigated cases of ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products in violation [of UN sanctions]... and found that the network behind these vessels is primarily based in Taiwan Province of China.”
In other words, if Taiwan refuses to play by the rules, the Chinese mainland should teach it how.
Taiwan is a component of China. Beijing has its duty and capability to oversee its behavior on the global arena. If Taiwanese people get into trouble overseas, Chinese embassies and consulates will provide assistance without hesitation. Once the island makes false moves on the international stage, Beijing also has the right to execute its administrative authority against it as it would for any other province of China.
More military forces should be deployed from the mainland in relevant waters so as to monitor Taiwan ships and even board and inspect them in crucial areas when necessary. These measures can be made public to all Taiwan shipping companies, which should be required to cooperate.
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1088537.shtml
Global Times = an official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party !
It is one of the angles in dealing with China. What would China get in return for going along with U.S. regarding N. Korea? A puppet regime in N. Korea and the conquest of Taiwan, along with no trade retaliation? Or does China have to choose between Taiwan and N. Korea again? Certainly China wants to have the former, but it would be asking too much.
True, they are trying the salami tactics: First get international OK to monitor, border and inspect KOR vessels. then...
Then it is time for PLA to move in.
The Chinese have a long term strategy:
Mr Xi holds that China will remain permanently governed through a Leninist party controlling a one-party state. To suppose, as many in the west have, that China will gradually transform into something approaching a Singaporean or western-style democracy is the stuff of dreams.
Mr Xi outlines two grand objectives: from 2020-2035, China will become a “fully modern” economy and society; this to be followed by a further 15 years to 2050, when China’s quest for national wealth and power will come to fruition as it assumes great power status. This coincides with the centenary of the foundation of the People’s Republic in 1949. By then, Mr Xi plans for China to have become “a global leader of composite national strength and international influence”.
https://www.ft.com/content/24eeae8a-b5a1-11e7-8007-554f9eaa90ba
I suspect that the current China would be gone before seeing the grand vision fulfilled.
“Taiwan is a component of China.”
Not necessarily! There are those who say CHINA belongs to, and is a breakaway province of, TAIWAN!
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