North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Reuters
Zhen Liu, South China Morning Post: China must prepare for war over North Korea, according to a top military adviser
A Chinese military adviser has warned China to be prepared for war in the Korean Peninsula, but not to sacrifice as much as it did in the 1950s.
Speaking on the deterioration of the security situation after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s recent nuclear and satellite tests, Major General Wang Haiyun said in an article on Tuesday that China must “take strong counter measures” as it faced various threats.
“[China] must adjust the force deployment along northeastern borders ... and prepare militarily and diplomatically for all potential risks as soon as possible,” Wang said in the Global Times, a newspaper under the party mouthpiece, People’s Daily.
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WNU Editor: The last thing that the Chinese want is a war on the Korean peninsula. It will be a lose-lose situation in every-way. So why the warning .... it is a blunt Chinese message to the North Korean leadership.
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