[TigerLikesRooster]

SK media reports that Chia, Japan, and Russia were given briefings on May 18th. Off the publice in closed doors. So China got their closed-door briefing. Does not mean that China has accepted the finding. Their official line is still that there is no evidence for NK involvement, as far as I know.

A predictable response from China. No surprise here. The benefit would be not that it could somehow persuade China but that it convincingly shattered hopes of those who vainly expected China's 'earnest' cooperation on this matter. I think we would no longer have misguided day-dreamers hampering decision-making process in Seoul and D.C.

[gandalftb]

Chinese Ambassador Zhang Xinsen did not attend the briefing but sent charge d'affaires Xing Haiming instead. That decision was not made by Zhang himself but came from Beijing.

Japan, Russia, and the United States all sent their ambassadors, it was an obvious slight.

China won't be leading the charge against NK.