The 80-year-old bridge is China’s primary trade route to North Korea with the road-and-rail Friendship Bridge supplying the pariah state with 70 to 80 per cent of its goods.
Relations between China and North Korea have become strained because of Beijing’s implementation of sanctions against North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes.
And the closure is thought to be a likely sign Beijing is putting pressure on the Pyongyang regime over its nuclear program and missile tests.
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