Posted on 10/15/2006 3:12:59 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Beijing Duped by Pyongyang = A high-ranking Chinese official confessed, "We could not find out whether N. Korea possessed nuclear weapons, nor how far N. Korean nuclear development progressed."
Such information have to be obtained through intelligence network inside N. Korea, but a few years ago, a man in charge of State Security Bureau in Yanji City was bribed with $300,000 by N. Korean intelligence, and China's intelligence network inside N. Korea was wiped out overnight (due to information N. Koreans got from him in return.) Since then, China's intelligence network on N. Korea is virtually non-existent.
Furthermore, the day before the nuclear test, Oct. 8, 'Reference News', put out by state media Xinhua, reported, "N. Korea is supposed to halt nuclear test with some condition."
Chang Sung-min, 'Peace Forum for World and N. E. Asia' (former S. Korean legislator) said that, according to his Chinese source, N. Koreans 'denied' the allegation that nuclear test was imminent, and told Chinese that they could consider stopping the test if N. Korea and U.S. can have face-to-face talks.
If this is true, N. Korea duped China up until the day before the test. After calming them down, N. Korea conducted the test 137km away from Yanji, 185km from Russian border, and 262km from S. Korea.
A Chinese expert on N. Korea complained, "Kim Jong-il deceived not only the whole world but also China. Now people are asking what China has been doing all along. The most irritating result is that N. Korea's nuclear weapons may be in effect aimed at China."
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Even Putin has had problems with Chia Pet. North Korean guards have fired on Russian border guards on North Korea's small border with Russia.
Putin would not like to see US forces that close to Vladvostok either.
Neither China nor Russia has made any public statements attacking N. Korea for the purging of Chinese or Russian/CIS agents within North Korean borders.
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