China cancels troop leave at N.Korea border - report

BEIJING, Oct 10 (Reuters) Chinese defence forces have cancelled leave for troops along at least part of the border with North Korea, a mainland-controlled Hong Kong newspaper reported today, a day after Pyongyang announced a nuclear test.

The Wen Wei Po said Chinese People's Liberation Army troops ranged along the border in northeast China's Jilin province ''have had leave totally cancelled'' and some forces were conducting ''anti-chemical'' training exercises.

The report comes a day after Beijing condemned as ''brazen'' North Korea's reported underground nuclear test, and Chinese President Hu Jintao warned the North and other powers against escalating the crisis.

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