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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.
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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
superpatriotman
(6,252 posts)What is it that this poor, secretive nation has in the ground that they can take and profit from?