China denies troop build-up on borders

Xinhua News Agency ^ | 9/16/2003

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BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- China on Tuesday denied it was building up troop numbers on its borders with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Myanmar.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said China was replacing its armed police with military troops along the two border areas in a reform of border administration.

Kong was responding at a regular press conference to reports that China replaced its armed police with military troops along the Sino-DPRK and Sino-Myanmar borders, and to journalists'questions on the timing and intent of the action.

He said replacement of the armed police, who originally defended the two borders, had begun early this month. In order to unify the land border administrations, China decided to replace the armed police with Chinese People's Liberation Army troops. The replacement, which had been a long time in preparation, was complete, Kong said. Enditem

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Xinhua is the official chinese news agency.

[RS]

I wonder if China will decide that North Korea is a threat to world peace and invade ?

[RS]

I wonder if China will decide that North Korea is a threat to world peace and invade ?

[theFIRMbss]

>Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said China was replacing its armed police with military troops

Maybe Kong has heard
big footsteps coming his way
and is gearing up...

[ChinaThreat]

Dont count on it.

[Britton J Wingfield]

I'm wondering if a Chinese invasion would still result in Seoul being annihilated.

[RS]

"Dont count on it."

Just a bit of speculation - what WOULD we do if China decided that North Korea was a "terrorist state" and decided to invade ?

[ChinaThreat]

The more appropriate question is "what COULD we do?" Frankly, the answer is nothing.

[ChinaThreat]

but watch.