China’s acquisition of Sea of Japan port rattles its neighbours – General

www.thenational.ae — BEIJING // China has gained direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time in 100 years through a North Korean port, leaving the other two regional players, Japan and South Korea, deeply concerned about the communist state’s ambitions. China made an agreement to lease a pier at North Korea’s Rajin Port for 10 years, China’s Global Times, an official newspaper and the international arm of the People’s Daily, said on Wednesday. China claims the move is purely economic.

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