China To Station Troops In N Korea: Report -- News.com.au
CHINA is in discussions with North Korea about stationing its troops in the isolated state for the first time since 1994, a South Korean newspaper reports.
The Chosun Ilbo newspaper quoted an anonymous official at the presidential Blue House as saying that Beijing and Pyongyang recently discussed details of stationing Chinese soldiers in the North's northeastern city of Rason.
The official said the soldiers would protect Chinese port facilities, but the location also gives access to the Sea of Japan (East Sea), while a senior security official was quoted as saying it would allow China to intervene in case of North Korean instability.
A spokeswoman for the Blue House said she had no information.
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My Comment: It appears that it is the Chinese themselves who have pursued this talks. If so, they do not have much confidence in the North Korean regime`s ability to survive in the medium to long term future and refugees flooding in China is something that they do not want.
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