[Hodar]

Listening to my AM radio this morning, the host said that China considers the UN as being irrevelant; as it has ignored North Korea's nuclear efforts. Therefore, China (who condemned us for Iraq) may sidestep the UN and take care of N. Korea itself..... interesting....

[Paul Ross]

This article is phony window dressing. Saving face for China. North Korea is China's sock-puppet. It is used to distract and confuse the U.S. ('The Main Enemy') while China pretends blissfully to be innocent of any control over its sock-puppet. It is China which has been backing North Korea diplomatically to the hilt, threatening war with the U.S. if we intervene militarily, and denying that 'multilateral' approaches are appropriate. So they clearly are hoping to make North Korean another tar-baby for the U.S. We didn't bite. And we won't be initimidated by their threats. So China is in essence, backing down from its sock-puppets apparent brinksmanship. China has lost face to a superior card-player.