China Preparing for North Korea Crisis, Mass Exodus by Building Refugee Camps on Border

Yahoo News ^ | 12/12 | Christina Zhao

[TangledUpInBlue]

China has started construction on a network of refugee camps along its 880-mile border with North Korea, quietly preparing for the mass exodus of refugees that the collapse of Kim Jong Un’s regime could potentially cause.

Detailed plans for the camps, intended to house thousands of migrants who might flee a crisis on the Korean Peninsula, emerged after internal documents from a state-run telecom giant went viral on the Chinese social media site Weibo on Thursday and were reported by The Financial Times on Sunday. The telecom company appeared to be tasked with providing the camps with internet services, and the document stated that camps were planned in three villages in Changbai County and two cities in the northeastern province of Jilin, on the border, on state-owned land.

[TangledUpInBlue]

Internet Service? They don't even know what the Internet is!

I wonder what Rodman told them.

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[C210N]

The ones that do know of the internet can use it... for about 15 minutes per day when the electricity is on.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

I would think the trek would be to South Korea? Why go to China and camps?

[BBQToadRibs]

Considering eventually that day will come, and NK is right on China’s doorstep, I consider this a smart move. Planning ahead for what is clearly going to come at some point.

[Calvin Locke]

NK has an intranet, with a total of maybe 20 state-provided sites that North Koreans can visit, assuming there’s not only electricity, but a working PC.

[TangledUpInBlue]

I think SK = USA in their minds. They’re afraid.

[xtargeter]

I think this is misinterpreted. China wouldn’t take refugees. They’d herd them into a spot and let them die or shoot them as they came across the border. They sure wouldn’t provide internet services. My guess is that this is an expansion of trade centers.

[LouieFisk]

“The telecom company appeared to be tasked with providing the camps with internet services”
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If there’s one thing Nork refugees can’t live without it’s a reliable ISP so that they can keep their Facebook status updated and upload pics of what they had for lunch.

[vette6387]

“I would think the trek would be to South Korea? Why go to China and camps?”

Probably because the DMZ is an armed camp and if we attack, the NORKS will be throwing everything they have at Seoul.

[dfwgator]

If there’s one thing Nork refugees can’t live without it’s a reliable ISP so that they can keep their Facebook status updated and upload pics of what they had for lunch.

You mean who they had for lunch.

[drypowder]

China obviously taking President Trump very seriously. Too bad the little rocket man doesn’t.

[LouieFisk]

“You mean who they had for lunch.”
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Or whose dog.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

Internet Service? They don't even know what the Internet is!

The internet service is probably for the Chinese guards.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Why don’t they use the empty cities they built?

[UCANSEE2]

I would think the trek would be to South Korea? Why go to China and camps?

Have you forgotten about what happened to the NK soldier who tried to TREK across the DMZ to South Korea ?

[meatloaf]

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