NEWSMAX: In response to mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula, China has ordered military forces on heightened alert in its border region with North Korea, according to U.S. officials, the Washington Free Beacon reports.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) mobilization in the northeast section of the nation began in mid-March, and includes troop movement and placing warplanes on the ready, according to the Free Beacon. Beijing took action in response to North Korea’s declaration of a “state of war” and threats to conduct missile attacks against the United States and South Korea…
China maintains a long-standing defense treaty with the North that obligates Beijing to defend Pyongyang, an agreement that was last implemented during the Korean War… (more)
