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Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-23): The Yalu River (Chinese: 鸭绿江; pinyin: Yālù Jiāng) or Amnok River (Korean: 압록강; MR: Amnokkang) is a river on the border between China and North Korea. Together with the Tumen River to its east, and a small portion of Paektu Mountain, the Yalu forms the border between China and North Korea. Its valley has been the scene of several military conflicts in the past centuries. It borders North Korea to the south and China to the north. [...] According to one scholar, the Korean-Chinese border along the Yalu River is the longest unchanged international border in history, lasting for at least 1,000 years.[13][14][15] [...] - ^ "Yalu River | river, Asia". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-07-06.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-08-26): Dandong, in the Liaoning Province of China, on the Yalu River delta, is the largest city on the border.[3] On the other side of the river is the city of Sinuiju in North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The two cities are situated on the Yalu river delta at the western end of the border, near the Yellow Sea. Their waterfronts face each other and are connected by the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge. There are 205 islands on the Yalu River. A 1962 border treaty between North Korea and China split the islands according to which ethnic group were living on each island. North Korea possesses 127 and China 78. Due to the division criteria, some islands such as Hwanggumpyong Island belong to North Korea even though they are on the Chinese side of the river. Both countries have navigation rights on the river, including in the delta. The source of the Yalu River is Heaven Lake on Paektu Mountain, which is considered the birthplace of the Korean and Manchu peoples. This lake is also the source of the Tumen River which forms the eastern portion of the border.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Yalu River, Chinese Yalu Jiang or Ya-lü Chiang Korean Amnok -kang, River, eastern Asia, between northeastern China and North Korea. Some 491 mi (790 km) long, it rises on the northern border of North Korea, then flows to Korea Bay. It is an important source of hydroelectric power and is navigable by smaller vessels for most of its course. It became a political boundary in the 14th century. During the Korean War, as UN forces battled toward it in 1950, Chinese troops crossed it, in effect marking their entry into the war.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Yalu River 1950-51: The Chinese spring the trap on MacArthur - Campaign Following the Inchon landings and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, UN forces crossed the North Korean border on 9 October and moved on the capital Pyongyang. Many in America believed the war would be over by Christmas, but some Washington diplomatic, military, and intelligence experts continued to raise dire warnings that the People's Republic of China might intervene. Nevertheless, General MacArthur decided to push on to the Chinese/North Korean border, the Yalu River. On 25 October, Communist Chinese Forces unexpectedly attacked Republic of Korea forces near Unsan. Then, on 25 November, the day after MacArthur announced a 'final offensive to end the war', the Chinese 13th Army Group struck in mass against the Eighth Army in the north-west corner of North Korea, overrunning the US 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions. The Chinese attacks quickly shattered Truman's dream of a unified Korea. American, UN, and ROK forces could not hold a successful defensive line against the combined CCF and NKPA attacks. At the Chosin Reservoir, US Marine Corps and Army units retreated south whilst MacArthur's forces withdrew from Pyongyang and X Corps later pulled out of Hungnam. Using expert research, bird's-eye views, and full-colour maps, this study tells the fascinating history of the critical Yalu campaign, including the famous retreat past the 38th Parallel.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-02): North Korea [edit]China and North Korea share a 1,416 km long land border that corresponds almost entirely to the course of the Yalu and Tumen rivers. The two countries signed a border treaty in 1962 to resolve their un-demarcated land border. China received 40% of the disputed crater lake on Paektu Mountain (known as Changbai Mountain in China), while North Korea held the remaining land.[64] [...] The last unresolved territorial issue between the two countries was settled by the 2004 Complementary Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the Eastern Section of the China–Russia Boundary.[69] Pursuant to that agreement, Russia transferred to China a part of Abagaitu Islet, the entire Yinlong (Tarabarov) Island, about half of Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island, and some adjacent river islets. The transfer has been ratified by both the Chinese National People's Congress and the Russian State Duma in 2005, thus ending the decades-long border dispute. The official transfer ceremony was held on-site on October 14, 2008.[70] However, in China Standard Map Edition 2023, Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island has been speculated by some journalists to be asserted as Chinese territory by China.[71]
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2017-04-25): The Yalu River, also known as the Amnok River, is an 800-kilometer long river in northeastern Asia forming the natural boundary between northwestern Korea and northeastern China. The river arises from the Tian Lake on top of Mount Paektu in the Changbai Mountains (which form the border between the Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning and North Korea), and drains into the Korea Bay between Dandong in China and Sinuiju in North Korea, occupying a basin of 31,750 square kilometers. The Tokro, Ai, Hochon, and Changjin are the major tributaries of the Yalu River. 200 islands belonging to either China or North Korea exist on the river. [...] The Yalu River not only acts as the political boundary between North Korea and China, but also serves as a cultural boundary between these two countries. The river is also an important source of hydroelectric power generation, and several dams and hydroelectric power stations, like the Sup'ung Dam, the Taipingwan Dam, and the Yunfeng Dam, have been built upon the river. The Sup'ung Dam is one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in Asia, with a capacity of generating around 7 million kilowatts of electricity. Only about 89,000 hectares of land are arable along the river basin, and most of this is used for growing rice, corn, millet, and sweet potatoes. Fishing in the Yalu River also sustains the livelihoods and helps meet the protein needs of the Chinese and Korean populations settled along the river.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-03-18): The Yalu River one of the two rivers that make up the China-North Korea border. It is also one of the two rivers that comes from Mount Paektu, the mountain on the China-North Korea border, and it empties into Korea Bay. The origin of the name is unknown. Linguists believe yalu either comes from Manchu meaning "between two places" or from Mandarin meaning "duck green". Since the easiest way to leave North Korea is through the China-North Korea border, many North Korean defectors have crossed this river to escape North Korea. However, it has become more difficult to escape the country since the government has sent more guards, more electric fences, and more traps on its borders.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2004-03-01): The Yalu and Tumen Rivers, and control of the seas 15Since 1949, China and North Korea have accepted that the course of the Yalu and Tumen rivers constitute the border between the two countries. However, they have refused to situate the demarcation line in the middle of the rivers, adopting the principle of joint ownership, management and use of the two waterways. 16Historically, the main problem has been over the dozens of islands that are to be found in the rivers. China has recognised North Korea’s sovereignty over 80% of these islands, including the biggest ones. Ownership of the islands has been determined by the nationality of their population, but the problem has not been resolved at all for the uninhabited islands, a sort of shared responsibility seeming to apply in their case. Pidan (Chouduandao in Chinese), located at the mouth of the Yalu, was, however, an exception. The island was originally inhabited by mainly Chinese, and while North Korea had control over it, Peking officially regarded it as an integral part of its own territory. The North Koreans then wished to make a gift of it to China in gratitude for its help in 1950-53. In the event, this did not happen, and, in 1963, the Chinese authorities had to evacuate the approximately fifty families who were still living there12.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-05): After two months, the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and its allies were nearly defeated, holding onto only the Pusan Perimeter. In September 1950, however, UN forces landed at Inchon, cutting off KPA troops and supply lines. They invaded North Korea in October 1950 and advanced towards the Yalu River—the border with China. On 19 October 1950, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu and entered the war.[39] UN forces retreated from North Korea in December, following the PVA's first and second offensive. Communist forces captured Seoul again in January 1951 before losing it two months later. Following the abortive Chinese spring offensive, they were pushed back to the 38th parallel, and the final two years of the fighting turned into a war of attrition.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-07-31): The following question was raised after the press conference: It’s reported that torrential rain recently hit the border areas between China and the DPRK with the Yalu River far exceeding the warning level. North Pyongan Province and Chagang Province suffered from severe flooding. What’s China’s comment? Lin Jian: Due to heavy rainfall, the Yalu River has exceeded its warning level and relevant China-DPRK border areas face severe flooding. We noted the flooding in the DPRK’s North Pyongan Province and Chagang Province, and the fatalities and property loss it has caused. As the DPRK’s traditional friend and neighbor, China is paying close attention to the flooding and expresses heartfelt sympathies to the bereaved families and those who are affected. We believe that the people of the DPRK are capable of overcoming the impact of the disaster and rebuilding their homes soon. In the meanwhile, areas on the Chinese side near the border have also been hit by severe flooding. We hope the two sides will share flood information in a timely way to better respond to flooding risks and ensure the safety of people’s life and property in relevant areas of the two countries.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2014-01-01): Just outside of Beijing, the President will tour a section of the Great Wall of China, which stretches over 3,000 miles from China's border with North Korea on the Yalu River, to the foot of the Qilian and Tainshan mountains in China's westernmost region. The Great Wall began as a series of unconnected protective walls constructed by rival kingdoms in ancient China. When Qin Shihuang unified China in 221 B.C., he ordered the walls of his defeated rivals be connected. In the centuries that followed, the Great Wall has expanded, ultimately reaching the length we know today.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2003-10-03): To implement MacArthur’s objectives, General Walker drafted plans for his Eighth Army to advance quickly against the crumbling opposition all the way to the Yalu River on the Chinese frontier. Meanwhile, General Almond and his X Corps, separated from Eighth 8 9 [...] With the cessation of Chinese attacks on 6 November, Walker and Almond began planning to resume the offensive. Elements of X Corps units even reached the Yalu River at Hyesanjin on 21 November and Singalp’ajin on the twenty-eighth. Although these were only minor "reconnaissance-in-force" elements, both Walker and Almond planned to follow through with major offensives of all their forces beginning on 24 and 27 November, respectively. [...] The Chinese offensive of late November destroyed Eighth Army plans to push all the way to the Yalu. They also stymied the other arm of the offensive: the attack of X Corps and the ROK I Corps up the eastern coast and center of the peninsula. General Almond, following the intent of General MacArthur to push vigorously against the retreating foe, had planned a multipronged operation using these two corps. The ROK I Corps, consisting of the ROK 3d and Capital Divisions, was to proceed up the coastal roads over 200 miles northeast to Ch’ongjin and then on to the Yalu, there to guard the X Corps right flank. The X Corps was to attack north and west of the Changjin Reservoir. Its 7th Infantry Division was to occupy the center of the X Corps front and push to the Yalu at Hyesanjin, about 160 miles north of Wonsan.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2000-06-23): On some of the world's harshest terrain, through the scorching heat of summer and the numbing cold of winter, American troops fought with steely determination and uncommon courage. As they gained ground, pushing the North Koreans back toward the 38th parallel, American families began to hope that our troops would be home by Christmas. But in November, at the Yalu River in North Korean territory, American forces encountered a new and daunting antagonist: Chinese forces had joined their North Korean allies, and the tide of battle turned once again.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2023-03-09): Today, according to North Korean textbooks and monographs, the first and the only center of Old Chosŏn was located in Pyongyang and its surroundings; in its initial stage, the borders of Old Chosŏn extended from the Yalu River in the North to the Han River in the South; and during the period of its greatest power, Old Chosŏn’s territory included the Korean Peninsula and Liaodong Peninsula, as well as part of southern Manchuria. [...] To others, it represented personal ties to the Northern region, and an active recruitment scheme, with economic and other benefits, rather than simply a place to display ideological commitment. This paper examines the very raison d'être of the nascent state through the prism of the university, surveying over four hundred pages of curriculum vitae, autobiographies, and Kim Il Sung University administrative documents seized by the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Despite the North Korean state’s commitment to its revolutionary identity, Kim Il Sung University served as a distinct space where the legacy of the Japanese Empire paradoxically lived on in the early decades. [...] Sovereignty and Territory in Qing-Chosŏn Investiture Practices / King Kwong Wong, PhD Student, Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-05-11): Initially, this new strategy was a success. The Inch’on Landing, an amphibious assault at Inch’on, pushed the North Koreans out of Seoul and back to their side of the 38th parallel. But as American troops crossed the boundary and headed north toward the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and Communist China, the Chinese started to worry about protecting themselves from what they called "armed aggression against Chinese territory." Chinese leader Mao Zedong (1893-1976) sent troops to North Korea and warned the United States to keep away from the Yalu boundary unless it wanted full-scale war. [...] In July 1951, President Truman and his new military commanders started peace talks at Panmunjom. Still, the fighting continued along the 38th parallel as negotiations stalled. Both sides were willing to accept a ceasefire that maintained the 38th parallel boundary, but they could not agree on whether prisoners of war should be forcibly "repatriated." (The Chinese and the North Koreans said yes; the United States said no.)
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2019-10-01): Sindo island is in the mouth of the Amnok (Yalu in Chinese) River at the border between North Korea and the People’s Republic of China. Reclaimed from the estuary of the river in 1971, a cooperative of fisher people from older fishing communities and enterprises along the western coast of North Korea was created to serve as a model community and model example of development at this time. Kim Il Sung himself made repeated visits between 1971 and 1976, during a period when North Korean politics sought to reconfigure landscape and developmental possibility through a series of what are called ‘Great Nature Remaking Projects’. North Korea’s fishing industry was to be reconfigured so as to focus on resources further out to sea, fishing practice and knowledge was to be further developed and a series of cooperatives were to be the institutional basis for the sector. By the 1990s, fishing cooperatives such as Sindo had been forgotten in the collapse of North Korean capability and bureaucracy and in the 2000s, the fishing industry has been co-opted by the Korean Peoples’ Army and a network of fishery stations dedicated to industrial fishing and resource production built.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-01-01): On July 29, 1950, Nam Je-pyeong received intelligence that North Korean forces were planning to cross the Amnok Bridge in Gokseong on their way from Hadong, [...] In retaliation for their losses at the Amnok Battle, the North Korean forces surrounded and attacked the police headquarters at Taeansa Temple on August 6.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2022-03-09): Washington was uncertain about how to follow up Seoul’s liberation but MacArthur was determined to march north to the Yalu River and the Chinese border. Mao, for his part, decided in early October to send his army south across the Yalu River and fight MacArthur’s forces. [...] MacArthur made one of his lightning quick trips to Korea from Tokyo on November 24, 1950, telling the U.S. ambassador in Seoul there were only 25,000 Chinese troops in Korea. Then he had his return flight to Tokyo fly along the Yalu River, making possible a personal reconnaissance intended to impress the media. His report to Washington dismissed the danger of Chinese intervention. Three days later Peng’s armies struck the American forces as they were driving to the Yalu River. [...] The catastrophe on the Yalu would have a lasting impact on American thinking about China for decades. Coming after the communists’ victory in the Chinese civil war, the Korean debacle fueled a domestic political debate over "who lost China" that pitted the handful of China experts in Washington against a powerful lobby that argued the China hands were either soft on communism or, worse, were communist agents serving foreign interests. Led by Senator Joe McCarthy and Congressman Richard Nixon, the right wing of the Republican Party fought any effort to rethink American policy toward China, to give the PRC the UN Security Council seat, or even to talk with China for the next two decades. Ironically it would be Nixon who finally implemented all of these changes in 1971.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (1998-07-20): Yalu River, river of northeastern Asia that forms the northwestern boundary between North Korea and the Northeast region (Manchuria) of China. The Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning are bordered by the river. Its length is estimated to be about 500 miles (800 km), and it drains an area of some 12,260 square miles (31,750 square km). From a mountainous source in the Changbai Mountains, the river flows southwestward to drain into Korea Bay (an embayment of the Yellow Sea). The river is an important source of hydroelectric power, is used for transportation (especially of lumber from the rich forests on its banks), and provides fish for the riverine populations. In addition to serving as a political boundary, the Yalu River constitutes a dividing line between Chinese and Korean cultures. It is generally known abroad by its Chinese name, Yalu, instead of by its Korean name, Amnok. According to ancient writing, the Chinese name, which is derived from the characters ya ("duck") and lu ("greenish blue"), is a comparison of the blueness of the river’s waters to the greenish blue of a particular species of domestic duck that inhabits it. The Yalu did not become a political boundary until the Korean-Chinese border was established toward the end of the Korean Koryŏ dynasty in the 14th century. The river played an important political role in the Korean War (1950–53).
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2012-12-11): Yalu/Amnok River borders, but suggests some Chinese dissatisfaction about the status of the border with North Korea in the territory between the two rivers. [...] Yalu/Amnok River into the current territory of the DPRK. [...] China and Choson then made these two rivers the border between their countries is inaccurate. According to Korean sources, during the reign of King Kongmin, the Koryo government established counties and prefectures for local administration and defense structures in the Amnok (Yalu) River area so that it controlled territory south of the Amnok (Yalu) River. Later, during the reign of King Sejong in the first half of the fifteenth century, the Choson government defeated Jurchen communities and then established four counties in the Amnok (Yalu) River's upstream area and six military garrisons in the downstream area of the Tuman (Tumen) River. In this way the
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of People's Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2020-10-17): The Yalu River is a river on the border between China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. It bore witness to the fierce Korean War 70 years ago. Follow Xinhua journalist to Dandong, China to explore the border river.
Claim: Yalu River is a territory of People's Republic of China (Yalu River, 2024-10-09)
Evidence (2024-10-01): The current situation of the Yalu River Estuary on the China-North Korea border: North Korea's territory is gradually increasing. Could the Yalu River become an inland river in North Korea? Title: "River Water, Red Dust: The Historical Evolution of China's Border and Friendly Neighbor Relations" In the millennium of border river disputes, the Yalu River has witnessed the changes in the fate of China and North Korea and has gone through ups and downs. North Korea not only gained territory, but also gained a rich history. This is a story about land and friendship, and a deeper exploration of humanity behind border disputes. [...] Boundary Agreement: During the Qing Dynasty, the Yalu River boundary dispute had not yet been settled. Numerous proposals and disputes are ongoing. It was not until 1962 that China and North Korea found a compromise and demarcated the river boundary to the red earth mountains and rivers. This is a delicate geopolitical balancing act.