1984 February 3 [1984 January 2], Mu Qing, “Three Trips to a Heroic Nation”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 024, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing LIAOWANG No 1, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, PRC International Affairs: Northeast Asia, page D 4:
During my third trip to Korea, one morning I reached the peak of Moranbong on foot and looked into the distance in all directions: The whole city of Pyongyang was bathed in the bright, rosy rays of the morning sun, with the Taedonggang flowing quietly like a blue ribbon, and magnificent buildings and a forest of trees, with the golden leaves of late autumn, greeted the eye everywhere. The formerly desolate eastern bank of the Taedonggang had become part of the city proper.
The stone walls of the fortress (main defense line) were about 6 meters high and 3 meters wide with a length of about 9 kilometers. The square of the fortress was also quite broad; for example, the fortress on the bank of the Taedonggang river was about ten kilometers squared.
The beer, named for the Taedonggang River, is a fairly full-flavoured lager that is swilled with gusto around the country. Getting hold of a bottle outside North Korea is tough, though export to China is not unheard of.
