2011年2月20日 星期日

China official backs N. Korea succession

China official backs N. Korea succession


A senior Chinese official has expressed support for the plan by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to transfer power eventually to his youngest son, the North's official news agency said Tuesday.

It said Meng Jianzhu, Chinese state councillor and public security minister, "warmly congratulated" Kim Jong-Il on his re-election in September as ruling communist party general secretary,It is possible to buy cheap Panerai watches . and son Kim Jong-Un on his election as vice-chairman of the party's Central Military Commission.

Meng hailed "the successful solution of the issue of succession to the Korean revolution",A baseball cap is a type of soft cap with a long, stiff brim . the news agency said in an unusual direct reference to the question of who will take over from the elder Kim.

The Chinese minister met leader Kim Monday to pass on "kind greetings" from President Hu Jintao and other officials, the agency said.Cheap ED Hardy offers on sale ed hardy hats in low price . He is at the start of a tour that will also take him to Laos, Singapore and Malaysia.

Meng "warmly congratulated" Kim Jong-Il on his birthday this Wednesday and presented gifts to the leader and to Jong-Un, the agency said.

China is the North's sole major ally and its economic prop.

Kim Jong-Il travelled there twice last year in what was seen partially as an attempt to secure support for Jong-Un, believed aged 27, as eventual successor.

The son was in September made a four-star general and appointed vice chairman of the party military commission, which oversees the 1.2 million-strong armed forces headed by his father.

"China expressed support and cooperation for the succession more explicitly by mentioning Kim Jong-Un by name," said Professor Yang Moo-Jin of Seoul's University of North Korean Studies.

"Before its people, Pyongyang is flaunting strong support from its key ally China for the new father-and-son leadership," Yang told AFP.

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