China Denies Setting Up A Military Hotline With The U.S. Over North Korea

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Global Times: No plan for hotline between Chinese military and US forces in South Korea

Chinese military’s Northern Theater Command has not set up a hotline with US forces based in South Korea, an anonymous source told the Global Times on Tuesday.

The source rebuffed a report by the Japanese newspaper Asashi Shimbun on Monday claiming that a direct hotline would be installed between the Seoul headquarters of US forces in South Korea and the Chinese military’s Northern Theater Command based in Shenyang, Northeast China’s Liaoning province.

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Update #1: Reports of US-China intelligence hotline over Korean crisis 'fake news' – state media (RT)
Update #2: Chinese Military Denies Setting Up Hotline on North Korea With US - Reports (Sputnik International)

WNU Editor: The Chinese were reacting to this report .... Washington and Beijing to establish military hotline on N. Korea (UPI). On a side note, the Chinese are not denying this report .... U.S., China to set up sanctions monitoring system on N. Korea (THE DONG-A ILBO).