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To: NickSE who wrote (67584)	1/22/2003 5:32:00 PM
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China Cracks Down on N. Korean Refugees washingtonpost.com YANJI, China -- Cracking down on North Korean refugees, Chinese authorities have forcibly returned thousands of destitute people to their isolated homeland and forced those who remain to risk their lives scratching out a meager existence in wintry mountains to escape Chinese police raids, according to witnesses and refugees. The crackdown was on display over the weekend in the checkpoints and patrols here on China's border with North Korea, and in eastern Shandong province, where 58 refugees seeking food and freedom were caught trying to board fishing boats headed for South Korea and Japan. China's roundups in the border region constitute a piece of the puzzle surrounding North Korea, a sign of Beijing's goal of keeping the North Korean government in power as a way to preserve stability and prevent large-scale refugee flows. ~~~~~~~~~~~ N.Korea to Test Missiles if U.N. Involved asia.reuters.com TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea will resume tests of ballistic missiles if the United Nations Security Council begins discussions on the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, diplomatic sources close to North Korea said Wednesday.