By Like I said when this issue first came up, the Chinese were not going to allow these refugees to go to South Korea:
China has already sent back several of the North Korean defectors who were recently arrested there, despite pleas from Seoul and international human rights groups, sources said Thursday.
The source said nine defectors who had crossed the Duman (or Tumen) River into China in early February were repatriated last weekend and have since been under investigation by security forces in Onsong, North Hamgyong Province. They were reportedly while traveling to Changchun from Yanji headed for South Korea. [Chosun Ilbo]
The Chinese do not want a flood of refugees into their northeastern provinces that would occur if they began to allow North Korean defectors to defect to South Korea. Additionally the flood of people exiting North Korea could potentially destabilize the Kim regime if enough people are flooding across the border. This is why China continues to send the defectors back where they face often sentenced to gulags and even some reportedly executed.
8:47 am on February 24th, 2012 1
There was a small protest about this at a church near the Chinese Embassy today. I saw a white TV camera man filming it and wondered what it was. You see small protests in the area because it is near the way to the Blue House. I also noticed some balloons with Save Our Friends written in English.
It wasn’t until later in the day on the bus ride back home that the Chinese Embassy popped into my head and this refugee issue.
I guess whoever put the protest together aimed at the international media.
I didn’t notice any other Westerners in the small crowd, but I was passing by on a bus. At the anti-NK rallies I’ve been too, the Westerners usually out number the Koreans. This one wasn’t like that, from what I could see.
9:39 am on February 24th, 2012 2
OK for some of you that know it all about South and North Korea. Why is it that North Korea does not allow Chinese text or characters in their reading material such as books, news paper etc. unlike South Korea it does use Chinese characters as apart of their vocabulary make up in reading material. Reason is I am a self taught analyst or asset. I notice that from some garbage I pull from my north korean neighbors here in the States. My guess is that they are not that big of friends at least from the north korean way of thinking. may be I should ask a korean.
9:41 pm on February 24th, 2012 3
#2,
It’s because North Korean ideology is racist. I recommend you read B.R. Myers’s “The Cleanest Race”.
10:29 pm on February 24th, 2012 4
The Chinese don’t give a rat’s azz about North Koreans coming into China – thousands upon thousands come and go every year. But China has an agreement with North Korea to send back any defectors that get caught, so they follow through sometimes and send people back.
The bottom line, however (and this shouldn’t be a shock to anyone) — is that it’s all about money. If you have money – or if your relatives in South Korea have money – you’re not going to have any trouble getting out of North Korea and passing through China on your way to South Korea.
12:04 am on February 25th, 2012 5
Hillary blasts Russia and China for their Syria policy. Here’s video at WashingtonPost. Maybe some day soon she’ll blast China for its North Korea policy.
9:24 am on February 26th, 2012 6
“I notice that from some garbage I pull from my north korean neighbors here in the States”
Find anything else interesting?
12:02 am on March 3rd, 2012 7
Man I just got new Chinese neighbors from Beijing that moved across the street, well I just pick their brain guess what they bought a us green card by way of the EB5 VISA amazing what five hundred thousands dollars will get you, a us green card. CPPCC is telling their people go out and buy the best and invest in America and no cheap stuff amazing China don’t like cheap! I wish I could sell mine’s and get 5hgs I would be off to the Philipines to be king. Hehehehe and these people get to have two visa us/china is it selling or new world order.
1:58 am on March 4th, 2012 8
China plans “to boost military spending by 11 percent this year, passing the $100 billion mark for the first time … ” says Keith B. Richburg reporting from Beijing for WashingtonPost.