Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge reopens: A sign with the Korean and Chinese flags is displayed near the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge, the biggest border crossing between Korea and China. The bridge reopened after being closed four months. [AFP]
AFP: Troops, cameras, radiation: China preps for N. Korea crisis
China has ramped up security along its border with North Korea, installing new surveillance cameras, deploying extra security forces and operating radiation detectors as it braces for a potential crisis.
Bellicose rhetoric between Washington and Pyongyang has raised fears in China of a conflict that could send millions of North Korean refugees across the 1,420-kilometre (880-mile) border, and of nuclear fallout that could hit Chinese towns.
While authorities have been coy about preparations, residents have seen an increase in patrols along the frontier.
Radiation monitors are running in border towns, and locals say interactions with North Koreans have been discouraged.
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WNU Editor: China has been "beefing up" its security on the North Korean border for a long time .... China Has Deployed 150,000 Soldiers On The North Korean Border (April 10, 2017).