China vs. Nordkorea

[Erich]

Die Beziehungen zwischen Nordkorea und China kühlen immer mehr ab.
In einer weiteren Eskalationsstufe haben "bewaffnete Fischer" aus Nordkorea fast 30 chinesische Fischer auf hoher See als Geiseln genommen.
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China: North Koreans Free Detained Fishermen

By EDWARD WONG

Published: May 21, 2012

At least 28 Chinese fishermen who had been detained by North Korean gunmen for 13 days returned home on Monday, according to reports in the Chinese state news media. The fishermen and their three vessels arrived in the Chinese port city of Dalian on Monday morning, Xinhua, the state news agency, reported.
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Chinese fishermen say North Korean soldiers beat and robbed them


May 22, 2012 | 9:16am

BEIJING -- Chinese fishermen released by North Korea this week after nearly two weeks of captivity alleged that they were beaten, robbed and stripped and given starvation rations in a case that has opened up a rare public rift between the Communist allies.

"They used the back of their machine guns to hit us and also kicked us," said Wang Lijie, one of 29 fishermen in a telephone interview on Tuesday. "They stripped us of all our clothes after the beating, including sock and shoes. Most of us had only underwear left."

The North Koreans drained the three captured ships of fuel and also removed almost all the caught fish and the food and cooking oil stored for the journey. The fisherman were allowed out once or twice a day to cook small rations of grain, but were otherwise confined in a tiny storage room while their captors negotiated for ransom.

The hostage takers had initially demanded $65,000 per ship, according to the ships' owners, which apparently the Chinese refused to pay.
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