China’s old soldiers hope summit brings Korean War closure

SHANGHAI: Sixty-five years after the Korean War’s guns fell silent, Chinese army veteran Yu Jihua still shudders in the dark of night when a plane rumbles overhead, triggering traumatic memories of death-dealing US bombers.

Like shrapnel that was never extracted, the lack of a formal peace treaty ending the conflict has festered among many of the Chinese soldiers who saw much of the war’s bloodiest fighting.