[Photo] Convoy of Chinese military trucks seen moving towards North Korea border in late December

DailyNK ^ | 2018-01-03 | Kim Sung Il

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[Photo] Convoy of Chinese military trucks seen moving towards North Korea border in late December

Kim Sung Il | 2018-01-03 13:23



A long convoy of Chinese military trucks in the Yanji area
of Jilin Province moving towards the North Korean border.
Image captured on December 24. Image: Daily NK

Dozens of Chinese military trucks were spotted on December 24 driving from Yanji (Jilin Province) towards the North Korean border, drawing the curiosity of passersby.

A source in the area told Daily NK on December 30 that trucks looking similar to those typically used by Chinese border forces were seen driving in a long convoy over the course of four days, mostly at night in order to avoid attention. He added that this is not a typical occurrence.

"There were so many trucks that it caused congestion on the road. There has never been a situation like this before where so many trucks have been present in the Yanji area near the border," the source said.

Another source in China close to North Korea affairs told Daily NK that "the Chinese military is gathering along the entire border, including the Tumen and Yalu River areas. I also heard that their movement to the border is now complete."

Despite attempts by Chinese authorities to ban local residents from spreading news about military movements, the reality on the ground is more lax. The source reported that locals are wondering if US President Trump may actually attack North Korea in the new year, pointing to news of Chinese military preparations as a potential sign of imminent conflict.

[redfreedom]

Truck transports IMO have more to do with placing troops in position to control refugees.

Now if the article mentioned tanks and artillery being transported, along with overhead gunships and other aircraft, then they could be prepping for war.

And it could just be an exercise. Nothing to bet one either way.

[ColdOne]

Hate to think what obama let them get away with. Glad to see Trump is showing pics now.

[GOPJ]

China is just getting ready for a collapse of the NK government.

Could be a preventative measure in the event of North Korean social chaos...

[Vermont Lt]

I was just going to say that. It used to be a nightmare on a Friday night getting behind one of those near Sturbridge on the Pike. It would get all clogged up.

And these people saying it had never happened before, must not be very old. My Dad could tell you the exact date, because he watched from atop a hill from the other side of the Yalu.

[Vermont Lt]

The question is, before or after the Olympics?

I cannot imagine anyone wanting to do anything in Korea in the winter.

[PIF]

You might remember the Battle of the Frozen Chosin? Fought in the dead of winter.

When the time is right, when all the pieces are in place, regardless of other aspects.

[Thibodeaux]

I am currently reading the Coldest Winter by David Haberstam and my post reflects facts and conclusions expressed in that comprehensive and seemingly unbiased history.

As with many current histories with facts available from all historians in America, china and russia history is presented in a more truthful manner .

[Justa]

You do know that David Haberstam was an anti-American NYC Leftist? A frickin Red Diaper Baby and you're reading him for an honest account of the Korean war?

"Pulitzer Prize-winning Korean War correspondent Marguerite Higgins was the staunchest pro-Diệm journalist in the Saigon press corps, frequently clashing with her younger male colleagues such as Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett, and Halberstam. She claimed they had ulterior motives, saying "reporters here would like to see us lose the war to prove they're right."

"Newspaper opinion editor Michael Young posits that Halberstam saw Vietnam as a moral tragedy, with America's hubris bringing about its downfall. Young writes that Halberstam reduced everything to human will, turning his subjects into agents of broader historical forces and coming off like a Hollywood movie with a fated and formulaic climax.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Halberstam

Wars are strategic initiatives directed by political leaders. They are top-down affairs. A proper evaluation can only be of geopolitical necessity and consequence. Those are the reasons wars are fought. To frame a war in a humanistic view implies the war was fought to cause human suffering and death. It is a false and dangerous premise which provides cover for the aggressor and tyrants.

Reading about war from what soldiers and civilians experience is rather ridiculous and deceptive. There is always failure, suffering and death in war but that is not what the war is about or why it is fought. Such a viewpoint is an improper analysis which usually just leads to another war. The French vindictiveness against the Germans at Versailles for their suffering as one example. The Korean partition and communist attack upon South Korea not being fully repudiated leading to the Vietnam partition and the communist attack upon South Vietnam being another. You won't read that in David Halberstam's book. The failure of fully prosecuting the Korean war is what convinced the Soviets to repeat the strategy in Vietnam. Without naming and repudiating the aggressor millions more lives were lost. How's that for a humanistic perspective?

"Hey, I'm gonna write a book about WWI and it's gonna be set in a British company that was wiped out at Passchendaele. It will really tell the tale about that war... and... (why Britain and France should never have opposed the Germans). Would you say that book would be pro-German? Then why not David Halberstam's work being pro-communist? It is.

All wars are bad but some are just. Since America hadn't lost a war David Halberstam had to write from war's victims point of view to support North Korean, Soviet, Chinese and North Vietnamese communists. Basically, all communists who opposed and attacked the West and its allies. Don't be a dupe.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

China will do whatever China thinks is in its best interest, regardless of any piece of paper.