Pyongyang Tests China's Patience
Source: Wall Street Journal
Pyongyang Tests China's Patience
By JEREMY PAGE And JASON DEAN
Kyodo /Landov
The Aftermath of a Deadly Strike: People searched through the debris of destroyed buildings on Yeonpyeong Island on Thursday, following North Korea's artillery barrage against the South Korean territory in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, an attack that drew international criticism and strained Pyongyang's ties with Beijing.
BEIJING—North Korea's latest act of aggression against the South has prompted a new round of public debate in China on how to manage ties with a neighbor that is at once a close ally but, increasingly, a source of international embarrassment.
The government's official response to North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island village remains cautious, stopping well short of criticism of the North.
In comments reported Thursday, Premier Wen Jiabao said China opposes "any provocative military behavior" on the Korean peninsula. Mr. Wen was speaking in Russia as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea in response to the deadly attack. But it wasn't clear whether his warning referred to North Korea's attack, or to the South Korean exercises Pyongyang claims to have responded to, or to the planned naval drills between the U.S. and South Korea.
Pyongyang Tests China's Patience
Source: Wall Street Journal
Pyongyang Tests China's Patience
By JEREMY PAGE And JASON DEAN
Kyodo /Landov
The Aftermath of a Deadly Strike: People searched through the debris of destroyed buildings on Yeonpyeong Island on Thursday, following North Korea's artillery barrage against the South Korean territory in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, an attack that drew international criticism and strained Pyongyang's ties with Beijing.
BEIJING—North Korea's latest act of aggression against the South has prompted a new round of public debate in China on how to manage ties with a neighbor that is at once a close ally but, increasingly, a source of international embarrassment.
The government's official response to North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island village remains cautious, stopping well short of criticism of the North.
In comments reported Thursday, Premier Wen Jiabao said China opposes "any provocative military behavior" on the Korean peninsula. Mr. Wen was speaking in Russia as the U.S. and South Korea prepare for joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea in response to the deadly attack. But it wasn't clear whether his warning referred to North Korea's attack, or to the South Korean exercises Pyongyang claims to have responded to, or to the planned naval drills between the U.S. and South Korea.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704638304575637840399774902.htmlWell the face saving and all that has begun...
And no, Beijing don't have control over Pyongyang.
Well the face saving and all that has begun...
And no, Beijing don't have control over Pyongyang.
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