{"id":37213,"date":"2018-08-14T17:41:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T08:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=37213"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:53","slug":"rumors-of-impending-visit-by-chinese-premier-xi-jinping-to-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/rumors-of-impending-visit-by-chinese-premier-xi-jinping-to-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumors of impending visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37214\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37214\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37214\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/DSC3670-696x418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/DSC3670-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/DSC3670-696x418-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View of the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge. Image; Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chinese authorities have instituted tough measures to crackdown on smuggling in Dandong, Liaoning Province, in what may be signs of preparations for an upcoming visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe number and severity of crackdowns on smugglers by the Chinese authorities have increased over the past several weeks, and ID checks are much more frequent,\u201d said a Daily NK source in China on August 10. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the past, the Chinese authorities generally turned a blind eye to smuggling, but recently they have been cracking down unconditionally on such activities.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source further said that such crackdowns are generally associated with visits across the border by high-level officials from either China or North Korea. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome people in Dandong think that the crackdowns are occurring because Xi Jinping is planning to visit North Korea for the September 9 holiday [commemorating the establishment of North Korea],&#8221; he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As reported by Daily NK, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/%5bphotos%5d-heightened-security-indic\/\">when Kim Jong Un visited China discreetly in March<\/a>, the Chinese authorities rapidly installed barriers to obscure views of Dandong Station, while security in and around the Amnok River Bridge increased considerably.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crackdowns on smuggling over the Sino-DPRK border on the shores of the Amnok River have reached unprecedented levels, said the source. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen North Korean smugglers cross the river over to Dandong by boat, Chinese police turn on their sirens and the smugglers flee. Smuggling isn\u2019t very profitable these days [because of the crackdowns],\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, in a recent incident, Chinese police allegedly boarded a Chinese smuggling boat and impounded it. The border guards mounted their operation after the boat reached the Chinese side of the river and was unloading, after exchanging goods with a North Korean ship near the mouth of the Yalu River, a separate source in China close to North Korean affairs told Daily NK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As crackdowns increase along the border region, rumors of an impending visit by Premier Xi Jinping to Pyongyang are rapidly spreading.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The additional source also noted that high-level Chinese officials in Dandong have called Xi\u2019s visit to North Korea \u201can established fact\u201d and that there is a possibility the Premier will cross over into North Korea via Dandong. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Korean government is keeping a close eye on developments as the September 9 events approach. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese authorities have instituted tough measures to crackdown on smuggling in Dandong, Liaoning Province, in what may be signs of preparations for an upcoming visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to North Korea. \u201cThe number and severity of crackdowns on smugglers by the Chinese authorities have increased over the past several weeks, and ID [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":37214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - 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