{"id":54618,"date":"2017-12-15T06:23:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T06:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54618"},"modified":"2017-12-15T06:23:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T06:23:34","slug":"china-start-live-fire-drills-near-north-korea-in-a-warning-to-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/china-start-live-fire-drills-near-north-korea-in-a-warning-to-donald-trump.html","title":{"rendered":"China start LIVE FIRE drills near North Korea in a warning to Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">China start LIVE FIRE drills near North Korea in a warning to Donald Trump<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">China start LIVE FIRE drills near North Korea in a warning to Donald Trump:- The exercises are the latest in a number of military drills being conducted by countries in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Earlier this week the US, South Korea, and Japan held joint military exercises as they prepared for any potential conflict with Kim Jong-un.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Last week more than 40 Chinese warships took part in a major exercise in the East China Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Bejing\u2019s latest military action comes amid fears that the country could be preparing to side with North Korea in an upcoming nuclear war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Military expert Li Jie has warned the drills meant to send a message to the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">She said at the start of December: \u201cThe timing of this high-profile announcement by the PLA is a warning to Washington and Seoul not to provoke Pyongyang any further.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">China has said the exercises are to \u201dimprove combat-readiness and safeguard the country&#8217;s strategic interests\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Signs that tensions are increasing between Kim Jong-un\u2019s corrupt regime and President Trump\u2019s America became more evident on Thursday when Pyongyang said plans to impose a naval blockade on the hermit state would be an \u201cextremely dangerous\u201d and \u201cbig step\u201d toward nuclear war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The US is yet to confirm if it plans to go ahead with the blockade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Russia and China had previously urged the cancellation of Washington\u2019s five day military drills with South Korea and Japan in exchange for North Korea halting its weapons programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Beijing had formally called the idea the &#8220;dual suspension&#8221; proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The US\u2019s refusal to axe their drills might be responsible for China\u2019s own military exercises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Recent missile launches from North Korea have proven the rogue nation can travel further than 7000miles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The communist state has previously threatened to attack the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Kim Jong-un has previously criticised Trump for being a \u201clunatic old man\u201d and said \u201cthe US had better make a decisive choice\u2026 if it does not want a horrible nuclear disaster and tragic doom.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Meanwhile, the US leader has previously warned he has the \u201cthree largest aircraft carriers in the world are appropriately positioned&#8221; 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