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bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 07:50 PM Apr 2017

China reportedly sent 150,000 troops to North Korea's border

Amid a productive phone call between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Chinese state-run media reported that 150,000 Chinese troops went to North Korea's border.

Both China and the US have pushed back on the claims of troops massing, however.

International observers fear that North Korea may conduct another nuclear test this weekend on the anniversary of the founding of Kim Jong Un's regime, but the US has broadcast loud and clear that nuclear posturing in the Korean peninsula will no longer be tolerated.

In March, Business Insider talked to Sim Tack, a North Korea expert at Stratfor, a geopolitical-analysis firm, who speculated how Chinese forces could stop North Korea's nuclear program without firing a shot.

Read more:

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-150000-troops-north-korea-xi-trump-2017-4


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There are also news stories on Google saying 600,000 residents in Pyongyang have been evacuated-- I'm wondering if something is about to go down in NK.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1229&bih=607&tbs=qdr%3Ad&tbm=nws&q=north+korea+evacuation&oq=north+korea+evacuation&gs_l=serp.3...17105.21767.0.21996.15.13.2.0.0.0.156.1119.12j1.13.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..0.6.351...0j0i10k1.AK-rHY36gPw

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China reportedly sent 150,000 troops to North Korea's border (Original Post) bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 OP
The natural resource lobbyists must be salivating superpatriotman Apr 2017 #1
Warning, The "evacuation" report is from Pravda, but that may itself be noteworthy. N/t yodermon Apr 2017 #2
More Russian propaganda to sift thru-- Thanks. bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #3

superpatriotman

(6,252 posts)
1. The natural resource lobbyists must be salivating
Wed Apr 12, 2017, 07:52 PM
Apr 2017

What is it that this poor, secretive nation has in the ground that they can take and profit from?

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