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Peace Mission 2011 -- Sea of Japan?
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Makes sense considering that China and North Korea seems to have made an agreement regarding the building of a port for either exclusive Chinese or dual use in the North Korean area of Rajin.
As we know, the Rajin area is very close to Russia's Vladivostok Naval Ports (about 135km) in the East Sea/Sea of Japan. Perhaps the new Raijin Port will become the newest Chinese naval base in a extremely strategic region. The Chinese city of Hunchun should prosper since it seems destined to be a premier port city opening up China's relatively land-locked North East Provinces.
China said to lead development of North Korea's Rajin port
From The Dong-A Ilbo
2010/12/18
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and Chinese President Hu Jintao agreed in August that China will lead the development of the North Korean port of Rajin, a Chinese source said Thursday.
With the agreement, the two countries have begun full-fledged economic cooperation in the Tumen River basin.
"North Korean leader Kim gave a positive answer to President Hu's suggestion to leave the development of Rajin port in China's hands when Kim made his second visit to China this year," the Chinese source said.
Hu also asked for the right to use the port, to which Kim agreed, the source added.
Chinese ships are thus allowed to use the Tumen River to reach the East Sea from the village of Fangchuan in Huichun, China.
In May, when Hu delivered the same request in Kim's first visit to China, Kim did not give an answer. Pyongyang, however, has since grown more active in bilateral cooperation.
Shortly after Kim's second visit to China, North Korea dispatched officials to lead the development of Rason, a city created from the integration of Rajin and Sonbong. The officials are known to be young and open-minded figures who will exercise a significant degree of autonomy.
"The number of documents needed to visit both countries has been greatly reduced at the suggestion of North Korea," the source said.
Bilateral economic cooperation projects have produced visible results. The construction of a road linking Huichun and Rajin will begin early next year.
China's Jilin province also agreed with North Korea to build the four-lane road and bridges by 2012. The construction is in the design phase, and Jilin will foot up to 250 million yuan ($37.5 million).
"Another plan being actively considered is the building of a closed road reserved for China by installing iron fences on both sides of the road," the source said.
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The Dong-A Ilbo is a leading South Korean daily.
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As we know, the Rajin area is very close to Russia's Vladivostok Naval Ports (about 135km) in the East Sea/Sea of Japan. Perhaps the new Raijin Port will become the newest Chinese naval base in a extremely strategic region. The Chinese city of Hunchun should prosper since it seems destined to be a premier port city opening up China's relatively land-locked North East Provinces.
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