North Korean border guard 'shoots three Chinese dead'

[The Straight Story]

North Korean border guard 'shoots three Chinese dead'

China says a North Korean border guard shot and killed three people near the countries' border last week.

A fourth person was reportedly injured in the incident near the north-eastern border town of Dandong.

China has made a formal complaint to North Korea, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry said.

The two countries are considered to be close allies and Beijing rarely makes any public criticism of its isolated neighbour.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told a regular news conference in Beijing that the four residents of Dandong, in Liaoning province, had been shot "on suspicion of crossing the border for trade activities".

"China attaches great importance to that and has immediately raised a solemn representation with the DPRK," he said, using North Korea's full name (Democratic People's Republic of Korea).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10263325.stm

[dmallind]

1. Oh that's a good way to keep your only even plausible ally. NT

[SpiralHawk]

2. Screwing the pooch.

I think China has already declared that they will not back up NK if it goes to hot war with SK and USA. Somehow seems as if NK has taken 'dip-low-matic' lessons from Republicons...whiney FAIL Freakery all over the place.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. sounds to me like NK wants someone, ANYONE, to invade them

so they can have an excuse for their failures as a nation. They tried to pick a fight with SK by sinking their patrol ship, now they pick a fight with their only ally.

Suicidal.

[FLPanhandle]

5. China doesn't have to invade them

China supplies most of their food and fuel.

All China has to do is cut off the supply and they'll starve themselves into a collapse.

[FLPanhandle]

4. That stupid even by batshit crazy North Korean standards

China really has to be wondering if propping up the North Korean government is really worth the bother.

[HEyHEY]

6. Well, when Kim Jong was here recently, cap-in-hand, china told him to buzz off