Summarize:
- China is said to have increased its military defenses along its border with North Korea.
- This comes as President Donald Trump considers a military response to Pyongyang's provocations.
- Both U.S. and Chinese officials continue to push for a diplomatic solution, rather than a military one.
China has ramped up its defenses along its border with North Korea to ready itself for a potential crisis on the peninsula, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The newspaper reported Beijing has increased surveillance of the border region as well as a "combat readiness-level big data disaster recovery center." The military has also conducted drills and transferred units from other regions, the Journal reported.
The Journal said that these measures parallel President Donald Trump's comments that he is considering military action to curb Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and that Beijing should do more to handle the matter.
Even as the government boosts its presence along the North Korean border, China has reiterated its hopes that the North Korean issue can be settled diplomatically or politically.
"China always maintains that military options shall never be considered to resolve the Korean Peninsula issue, because force will in no way settle disputes, but will only bring greater suffering, unbearable to all," Lu Kang, China Foreign Ministry spokesman, said on Monday.
Reference: CNBC
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