The Chinese Defense Ministry not only categorically denied the misinformation spread by media of Japan, south Korea, etc. about possible dispatch of Chinese troops to Korea but criticized it in strong terms.

The spokesman said it is "absolutely impossible".

Chinese military experts also said the report is baseless and absurd as Chinese troops' advance into Korea is impossible, the paper said, and went on:

It is clear that some foreign media sought an ulterior purpose when guessing the attitude of the Chinese army toward the "contingency" in Korea.

Not a few American experts assert the U.S., Japan and south Korea have limited ability to deal with the issue of the Korean Peninsula and no other country can replace China's role, while expressing hope that the Chinese side would play a more positive role in this regard.

As China does not keep step with the U.S., Japan and south Korea in concrete actions and measures, some foreign media talked a lot about this with their own calculations whenever an opportunity presented itself and even falsified and groundlessly slang mud at the former.

This can be illustrated by the misinformation that the situation on the DPRK border with China got strained and Chinese troops advanced into the DPRK.

Worse still, some foreign media reported that there was a gunfight in an area along the above-said border, a plan for Sino-DPRK military drill was frustrated, China refused to sell its advanced fighters to the DPRK in a bid to create differences between the two countries.

Their ulterior intention is to sow the seeds of discord in the relations between the two countries and cause troubles between them.

The aim of this misinformation is crystal clear.

Firstly, it is aimed to tarnish China's policy towards the Korean Peninsula and, taking advantage of it, criticize the present policy of China and pressurize it to keep pace with the U.S. and Japan and south Korea in the end.

Secondly, it is to serve the purposes of their domestic policies.

For example, most of Japanese media keen to spread the rumor on Chinese troops' "advance into the DPRK" are supported by ultra-right forces of Japan. The purpose of their rumors is obviously to weaken the influence of China on the Asia-Pacific region and increase their military expenditure.

South Korean media floated such misinformation in an effort to spy on China's policy line.

Huan Qiu Shibao published by the People's Daily on Jan. 30 exposed the falsity of the report about the "advance of CPLA into Pyongyang" spread by south Korean conservative media.