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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday September 30 2017, @05:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the another-brick-in-the-wall dept.

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China has told North Korean companies operating in its territory to close down as it implements United Nations sanctions against the reclusive state.

The companies will be shut by early January. Joint Chinese and North Korean ventures will also be forced to close.

China, Pyongyang's only major ally, has already banned textile trade and limited oil exports.

The move is part of an international response to North Korea's sixth and most powerful nuclear test.

The UN Security Council, of which China is a member, voted unanimously for fresh sanctions on 11 September.

China's commerce ministry said it had set a deadline of 120 days from the passing of the resolution for any North Korean companies within its borders to close.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41431057


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  • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Saturday September 30 2017, @07:48PM

    by zocalo (302) on Saturday September 30 2017, @07:48PM (#575358)
    I'll believe it when I see it too, but this does seem like China is finally getting serious about the DPRK's nuclear ambitions for whatever reason, unless it's just a sham and it'll essentially be business as usual behind closed doors and even more shell companies. I guess they've figured out that having a buffer zone might not be all that beneficial if the DPRK provokes a war on their doorstep, or China has to deal with the mountain over DPRK's nuclear test site collapsing and sending any fallout drifting over China's industrial heartland on the prevailing winds. Scuppering the DPRK's nuclear ambitions would let them keep their buffer zone and remove a good deal of the threat.

    The timing is interesting though - only a short while after the USS Jimmy Carter returned to port flying a pirate flag - which makes me wonder if my speculation [soylentnews.org] in the discussion of that story might not have been too wide of the mark.
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