China is deploying troops along
its border with North Korea, as Pyongyang could be preparing a fifth nuclear
test ahead of its Seventh Party Congress in May. The Information Center for
Human Rights and Democracy, a nongovernmental organization in Hong Kong,
announced Wednesday that Beijing has dispatched 2,000 soldiers along the
border, South Korean news service Newsis reported.
China has previously deployed
troops along its border with North Korea. In January after Pyongyang announced
a "successful" hydrogen bomb test, China reportedly sent 3,000
soldiers to its northeastern region, and also sent troops during the
North-South land mine provocation last August.