Posted on 10/09/2006 12:53:49 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
China denounces "brazen" North Korea nuclear test
2 hours, 42 minutes ago
China said on Monday it firmly opposed North Korea's nuclear test, denouncing it as "brazen" in unusually strong language, and demanded Pyongyang stop any action that could worsen the situation.
China also urged North Korea to return to six-party talks it has hosted aimed at dismantling the North's nuclear programmes. The talks, which have been stalled for nearly a year, also group South Korea, Japan, the United States and Russia.
"The DPRK has ignored the widespread opposition of the international community and conducted a nuclear test brazenly on October 9," China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on its Web site (www.fmprc.gov.cn).
The DPRK is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name.
"The Chinese government is firmly opposed to this," the Foreign Ministry said.
The statement used language that was unusually forceful for China, a neighbor and traditional Communist ally of North Korea that has advocated engagement and dialogue over stronger moves such as sanctions.
"The Chinese side strongly demands the North Korean side to abide by its pledges on denuclearisation and to stop any action that would worsen the situation," it said.
"Preserving peace and stability in northeast Asia accords with the joint interests of all sides. The Chinese government calls on all sides to respond calmly, and upholds a peaceful resolution through negotiation and dialogue."
You have to admit that it's surprising China has shown such restraint re:Japan.
I've read accounts of what the Japanese did there that made Stalin or the Nazis look like amateurs.
I think maybe China is by necessity an ally of ours. They have too much invested economically to start any real crap with us. I hope.
Louis Farrakhan, Fred Phelps, Kim Jong Il- Funky glasses are a sign of madness.
I think it's great that the chi-coms now have a nuclear North Korea on its border. With a crazy fool with his mitts on the button.
Be afraid chi-com scum, be very afraid.
Well, what can the Chinese get from us?
Computer tech
Agricultural tech
Space and aerospace tech
Manufacturing tech and more
What can they get from N. Korea?
A smiling dude with bad teeth
Game, set match.
If China's getting pissed at North Korea, they gots problems.
S. Korea now estimating it was .55 kiloton.
It was a dud. Expect Kim to call a pharmacy and ask for the purple pill.
China would nuke Pyongyang back without a single qualm. As if Kim cared, of course. Will South Korea thank China for being the cop that Kim committed suicide by?
Kim might welcome thinning out his populace that he can't feed.
Kim cares. He's having way to much fun with his fast cars and broke down starving women.
Seriously, what does it really matter if NK detonates a nuke underground??
Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.
I guess I have poor taste because I am chuckling...
LOL, like that's going to do anything. Chinia is the one who insisted on the 6 party talks and now NK has totally humiliated China in the eyes of the world.
Methinks China's light verbal slaps against North Korea are somewhat disingenuous, e.g., will Red China's enertia to sanctions on North Korea continue, among other questions?
china created the dog north korea, and that dog is hungry and will soon bite the hand that feeds it! Starve nk, no food, no money and no oil... Civilians will suffer... but the survivors will have a much better life!
LLS
Well, it's either laugh or cry, 'cause nobody will do anything about North Korea anytime soon.
Japan will go Nuke, we will integrate them into our Asian defense plans, and they will have Nukes by first quarter next year. They already have the technology, it just has to be assembled and tested.
LLS
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