China Gets Tough on North Korea

Update added on August 7, 2017

东北亚情势：中国敦促朝鲜通过对话解决问题，称制裁并非唯一途径

The situation of Northeast Asia: China urges North Korea to solve problems through dialog,
saying that sanctions are not the only way to.

路透马尼拉8月6日 - 中国外交部长王毅周日表示，联合国安理会针对朝鲜(北韩)出台的新制裁决议是对朝鲜进行一系列导弹试射的正确回应，但在目前的“关键时刻”，对话对于解决这一复杂而敏感的问题至关重要。

Reuters from Manila on August 6 - On Sunday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that a new resolution of sanctions declared by the United Nations Security Council against the DPRK (North Korea) regarding North Korea's series of missile trial launches are a proper response.

However, at the current "crucial moment" the dialog for finding a solution to this complex and sensitive matter is of vital importance.

[Reuters 中文 on August 6, 2017]

China's Foreign Minister is quoted from a speech he held at the ASEAN summit in Manila where high-ranking politicians from Northeast Asian nations have just assembled. Among those who blame North Korea at this meeting is the president of the Philippines, Duterte.

On Saturday, August 5, the United Nations Security Council unanimously decided on the country new sanctions that might make their annual 30 billion US dollars of export revenues plunged one third.


中国外长王毅：希望朝鲜与韩国尽快进行接触

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi: We expect North Korea and the
South to establish contact between each other as soon as possible.

[FX168 财经网, a HongKong based network for finance and economics on August 7, 2017]


韩国朝鲜外长会面 朝鲜批评对话提议缺诚意

On a meeting of South and North Korean foreign ministers:
The North criticizes the proposal of talks as lacking sincerity.

[Sing Tao World Wide Web 星岛环球网, a Canada based Chinese newspaper, on August 7, 2017]

Trump Blames China for N Korean Missile Danger

Latest News on August 5, 2018: UN slaps North Korea with new sanctions in effort to punish country's export sector.

Updates added on July 31 / 1st August, 2017



N Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)
"Mars 14" during its test launch on July 29, 2017.


综述：朝鲜称最新试射导弹射程涵盖全美国 特朗普斥中国毫无作为

Summary: N Korea says the range of fire of recently tested
guided missiles is including a coverage of the whole U.S.

Trump scolds China for having accomplished nothing at all.

[Source: Reuters 中文 on July 30, 2017]





At about the same time a U.S. military video appeared that is showing the successful destruction of a flying target missile with the help of America's new anti-missile system THAAD which has already been deployed to South Korea:

Test of THAAD anti-missile system





两架美军轰炸机过朝鲜半岛 回应朝试射导弹

Two U.S. [B-1B] bombers passing over the Korean
peninsula as a response to N Korea's missile test.

[Source: SINA 新浪新闻中心 on July 30, 2017]


中国黄海军演意在敲打朝鲜 警告美国

Chinese navy drills in the Yellow Sea intend
to tap North Korea and to warn the U.S.A.



综合媒体7月28日报道，中国军方7月27日至29日在黄海举行实弹海上军事演习。演习地点在北海舰队总部所在地青岛附近海域大约四万平方公里 的区域进行，对面就是朝鲜半岛西海岸。

On July 28 united media reported China's military would launch military drills with live ammunition in the Yellow Sea from July 27 to 29. A region of 40.000 square km not far from the BeiHai naval headquarters in Qingdao should host the drills. The western coast of the Korean peninsula would then be just in front.

[Source: DW 多维新闻 on July 27/28, 2017]




British daily "The Telegraph" on Monday 31 July 2017


"New York Times": US to Bar Travel to North Korea Amid Rising Tensions on 31 July 2017




朝鲜续挑衅……试射ICBM后又射潜射弹道

North Korea continues provocation. - After ICBM
trial launch another launch of submarine missile.

After N Korea's launch of an intercontinental missile ICBM
on July 28, the U.S. Pentagon declared that U.S. forces
detected unusual activity regarding N Korea's submarines.
There is even evidence of adjustment tests for "submarine
launched ballistic missiles" SLBM. The picture is showing
N Korea's SLBM launch in August last year (2016).

美国防部一名官员周一（7月31日）告诉CNN新闻记者，朝鲜7月30日在其新浦海军造船厂（Sinpo Naval Shipyard）进行潜射弹道导弹的弹射， 这是7月的第三次试射，也是今年的第四次。主要目的是测试导弹的“冷启动系统”（cold-launch system），这是发展潜射导弹能力的关键部件。

On July 31 and referring to an official from the U.S. defence department, a CNN news reporter told that North Korea had carried out a missile test of its submarine launched ballistic missiles at the Sinpo Naval Shipyard. This should have been the 3rd trial launch in July and the 4th launch for that year. Main object was an adjustment of the "cold launch system" which is a central part in the development of submarine launched missile capacity.

[Source: Epoch Times 大纪元 anti-communist daily on 1st August, 2017]


新华社莫斯科７月３１日电（记者王晨笛）俄罗斯外交部网站７月３１日发布公告说，美国和一些国家将朝鲜近期试射弹道导弹的责任归咎于俄罗斯和中国，这种指责是毫无根据的。

According to a XinHua news report from Moscow on July 31 (reported by ...), Russia's foreign ministry published the following declaration on its website the same day: While the U.S. and some other countries put the blame on Russia and China for North Korea's test firing of a ballistic missile, such criticism is completely unfounded.

[Source: XinHua 新华社, China's news agency on 1st August, 2017]




An art performance was jointly given by Moranbong Band and State Merited Chorus at
Pyongyang's People’s Theater on Sunday, 30 July, to celebrate the successful second
test-fire of intercontinental ballistic rocket Mars-14 (Hwasong).

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Visitor to "blueprint news" from the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

China Navy News - 中国海军新闻

中国四万吨级075型两栖攻击舰呼之欲出！某些人要不愿意了！

China's 40.000 tons amphibious assault ship of the 075 class ready to show soon !
Certain people might not be ready for it !

继我国第一艘国产航母下水引起的轩然大波后，另一则关于中国海军的消息又成为了中外媒体关注的焦点。 据外媒报道，中国第一艘两栖攻击舰075型将在2020年完工，其吨级与美国最大的“黄蜂”级两栖攻击舰相当， 这将有助于中国在直升机使用方面比肩美国。

Following the mighty uproar caused by China's first homebuilt aircraft carrier being launched, another news item regarding China's navy became the focus of interest of foreign media. According to foreign media reports, China's first amphibious assault ship of the 075 class should be completed in 2020. Its tonnage corresponds to that of the "Wasp", America's biggest amphibious assault ship. This would help China to apply helicopters, such matching with the U.S.

[Source: SOHU 搜狐 on May 29, 2017]




Model of 075 Class Amphibious Assault Ship
[Chinese source published on June 3, 2017].




Visitor to "blueprint news" coming from the Chinese seaport of Dalian where
China's first completely homebuilt aircraft carrier was recently launched.

US Reacting on North Korean Threat

美国今日将针对朝鲜进行洲际弹道导弹拦截试验

Today, the USA will conduct interception tests directed
against North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missiles.

[Chinanews 中国新闻网 on May 30, 2017, at 13:45 local time]


At about the same time, the English website of AL-Jazeera reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has promised bigger "gift packages" following Pyongyang's latest missile test, which is a statement that ratchets up already high tensions.

Kim supervised a new ballistic missile test on Monday, controlled by a precision guidance system, and ordered the development of more powerful strategic weapons to defend the country against the US, state media reported.

Kim said the reclusive state would develop more powerful weapons in multiple phases.

"He expressed the conviction that it would make a greater leap forward in this spirit to send a bigger 'gift package' to the Yankees" in retaliation for American military provocation, KCNA quoted Kim as saying.

The missile launched was equipped with an advanced automated pre-launch sequence compared with previous versions of the "Hwasong" rockets, North Korea's name for its Scud-class missiles, KCNA news agency said on Tuesday.

That indicated the North had launched a modified Scud-class missile, as South Korea's military has said.




Al-Jazeera, English headline on May 30, 2017.


Even U.S. defense secretary ("Mad Dog") Mattis is warning:



[Newsweek on May 28, 2017]

North Korea - The Weekly Missile Test

This morning, North Korea carried out its "weekly missile test".



【快讯】朝鲜再次试射 或是飞毛腿导弹

Express Message: North Korea carried out another
test launch of what seems to be a Scud missile.

It's another test launch after the May 22 test and which is shown on the above photo taken by a South Korean photographer.

[Source: Epoch Times 大纪元 on May 29, 2017]


After North Korea's recent series of ballistic missile test, dictator Kim Jong-un is often photographed with the same three men:



The Trio behind North Korea's Missile Program.

Above: Kim Jong-un inspects the intermediate-range Pukguksong-2 ballistic missile at a launch test with Kim Jong Sik (2nd L), Ri Pyong Chol (3rd L) and Jang Chang Ha (R). Ri Pyong Chol is a former top air force general and now acting as a deputy director of the Workers' Party Munitions Industry Department. Born in 1948, Ri was partly educated in Russia and promoted when Kim Jong Un started to rise through the ranks in the late 2000s. He seems to be "the party's guy" in North Korea's missile program. - Kim Jong Sik is a veteran rocket scientist and Jang Chang Ha is the head of a weapons development and procurement center.

[quoted from different western sources .....]

US - Trump Sacking FBI Director

Here are the latest news on another breathtaking chapter of Trump's presidential rule.


USA Today Headline:
Trump's contacts with FBI Director James Comey break longstanding precedent.

[Read the complete article: "USA Today" on May 15, 2017
and/or listen to their Podcast: Trump fires Comey; chaos ensues. Now what?]


Express (UK) Headline:
White House will NOT reveal if secret FBI Comey tapes exist after Donald Trump's tweet.

The Trump administration has refused to reveal if secret recordings of conversations between the President and former FBI director James Comey exist after US lawmakers threatened to force their release.

[Read the complete article: "Express (UK)" on May 16, 2017]


A visit to "blueprint news" from FBI Criminal Justice Information Systems was detected on
September 10, 2013. It came from Clarksburg, West Virginia, where the FBI is using an
extended area for the installation of its state-of-the-art high-tech information system:



Under the spreading chestnut tree
I sold you and you sold me
There lie they, and here lie we
Under the spreading chestnut tree


Mysterious tune related to a scene from George Orwell's "1984",
a dark perception of some totalitarian state exerting total control
over its citizens, its adage being: "Big Brother is watching you!"


By the way, the location of Chestnut Street where all the trators should be lying is a reminder of an old blogspot of mine that is dealing with U.S. spying on its allies. Some visitor to "blueprint news" and who came from Toledo, Spain, brought it to my attention again.

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North Korea - New Missile Launch

最新消息：朝鲜再度进行导弹试验！

Latest News: North Korea again carried out a missile test !

According to official South Korean sources, North Korea should have launched a ballistic missile this morning at 05:27 local time from its North Pyongan Province 평안북도 / 平安北道龟城. The missile should have followed a 700 km trajectory.

S Korean president Moon Jae immediately summoned officials from the relevant departments for a meeting of the National Security Council.

[搜狐, China, on May 14, 2017, 02:26 local time]




韩联参警告朝鲜若再挑衅将遭韩美强力应对

South Korea's Joint Staffs are warning the North from provoking a disastrous
and forceful reply by South Korea and the U.S. in case it provokes again.

[Yonhap, Chinese language site of the S Korean
news agency on May 14, 2017, 11:31 local time]




战争近在眼前？ 美情报机构称朝鲜年内试射洲际导弹

War soon under our eyes ? U.S. intelligence community says that
North Korea will test an intercontinental missile within a year.

[Anti-Communist NTD TV quoting the New York Times on May 12, 2017]