A crater lake at Tianchi (Heaven Lake, 天池) at Baitou (Chinese Changbai Shan) at the border of China and North Korea. Wikiepdia
China’s Other Territorial Dispute: Baekdu Mountain -- J. Berkshire Miller, The Diplomat
With disputes brewing in the East and South China Seas, there is another piece of contested territory in Asia that could pose some serious problems...
Last month, just one week after Barack Obama was reelected president in the U.S., the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wrapped up its 18th Party Congress and elected a new seven member group to its elite Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC). The PBSC is the most important decision making body in China, and controls all essential elements of domestic and foreign policy. The new leadership in China faces a raft of challenges — both internal and external —which will help to determine its relationship with the U.S., Japan, Russia, India, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and others in the region.
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My Comment: It appears that China wants to pick a fight with everyone.
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I heard the other half of Baekdu-San was actually sold by North Korea to China. Feels more like this is a dispute between S.K. and China or that news is not one.
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