China offers condolences and hails Kim Jong Un as leader
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December 20, 2011, Tuesday
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CHINA has offered deep condolences on the death of Kim Jong Il and steadfast support to his son and successor.
China hailed Kim Jong Un as North Korea's new leader and said long-standing ties would flourish between the two countries.
"We believe the (North Korean) people will carry forward the will of Comrade Kim Jong Il and closely unite around the Korean Workers' Party, and under the leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un turn grief into strength and march forward for building a socialist strong country and realizing a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula," China said in the message of condolence.
The message, sent by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, called Kim Jong Il a great leader and a close friend of the Chinese people.
The message said he had dedicated his life and rendered immortal service to North Korea's socialist revolution and construction.
It said Kim had carried on and further developed the traditional friendship between the two countries.
China believed that North Korea would remain united as one with the leadership of the Workers' Party and Kim Jong Un, and turn their sorrow into strength, continuously advancing towards the goal of building a strong and prosperous socialist nation and achieving sustained peace on the Korean Peninsula.
China and North Korea are close neighbors and stand together in good or bad times. The CPC and the Chinese government have always adhered to the policy of continuously consolidating and developing the traditional friendship with North Korea, the message said.
The message added that the traditional party-to-party, state-to-state and people-to-people friendship between the two countries will be carried on and further developed.
In Dandong, the Chinese city closest to North Korea, throngs of North Korean nationals filled a small mourning hall in the consulate office. Some placed flowers on a table under a picture of Kim and almost all cried audibly.
North Korean nationals were seen checking out early from major Dandong hotels, some unable to hold back their tears.
A manager at the Dandong International Hotel said all North Korean guests had left by noon yesterday and a booking of 100 rooms for a North Korean troupe had been canceled.
Elsewhere in China, the flag at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing hung at half-mast. People were seen holding flowers on their way to mourn Kim.
Several restaurants in Shanghai and Beijing associated with North Korea were closed for business.
"We are closed for business today," a female employee at Begonia, a famous restaurant in the Chinese capital, said in a low, slightly weeping voice after answering the phone in both Korean and Chinese.
At the Chinese Foreign Ministry last night, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met Pak Myong Ho, charge d'affaires at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, to express his sadness at Kim Jong Il's death.
China hailed Kim Jong Un as North Korea's new leader and said long-standing ties would flourish between the two countries.
"We believe the (North Korean) people will carry forward the will of Comrade Kim Jong Il and closely unite around the Korean Workers' Party, and under the leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un turn grief into strength and march forward for building a socialist strong country and realizing a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula," China said in the message of condolence.
The message, sent by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission, called Kim Jong Il a great leader and a close friend of the Chinese people.
The message said he had dedicated his life and rendered immortal service to North Korea's socialist revolution and construction.
It said Kim had carried on and further developed the traditional friendship between the two countries.
China believed that North Korea would remain united as one with the leadership of the Workers' Party and Kim Jong Un, and turn their sorrow into strength, continuously advancing towards the goal of building a strong and prosperous socialist nation and achieving sustained peace on the Korean Peninsula.
China and North Korea are close neighbors and stand together in good or bad times. The CPC and the Chinese government have always adhered to the policy of continuously consolidating and developing the traditional friendship with North Korea, the message said.
The message added that the traditional party-to-party, state-to-state and people-to-people friendship between the two countries will be carried on and further developed.
In Dandong, the Chinese city closest to North Korea, throngs of North Korean nationals filled a small mourning hall in the consulate office. Some placed flowers on a table under a picture of Kim and almost all cried audibly.
North Korean nationals were seen checking out early from major Dandong hotels, some unable to hold back their tears.
A manager at the Dandong International Hotel said all North Korean guests had left by noon yesterday and a booking of 100 rooms for a North Korean troupe had been canceled.
Elsewhere in China, the flag at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing hung at half-mast. People were seen holding flowers on their way to mourn Kim.
Several restaurants in Shanghai and Beijing associated with North Korea were closed for business.
"We are closed for business today," a female employee at Begonia, a famous restaurant in the Chinese capital, said in a low, slightly weeping voice after answering the phone in both Korean and Chinese.
At the Chinese Foreign Ministry last night, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met Pak Myong Ho, charge d'affaires at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, to express his sadness at Kim Jong Il's death.
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