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Wikileaks cables reveal China 'ready to abandon North Korea'
Wikileaks cables reveal China 'ready to abandon North Korea'
Click Here to Read the full and Original Article at the guardian.co.uk
29 November 2010
Leaked
dispatches show Beijing is frustrated with military actions
of 'spoiled child' and increasingly favours reunified
Korea
China has signalled its readiness to accept Korean
reunification and is privately distancing itself from the
North Korean regime, according to leaked US embassy cables
that reveal senior Beijing figures regard their official
ally as a "spoiled child".
News of the Chinese shift comes at a crucial juncture after the North's artillery bombardment of a South Korean island last week that killed four people and led both sides to threaten war. China has refused to condemn the North Korean action. But today Beijing appeared to bow to US pressure to help bring about a diplomatic solution, calling for "emergency consultations" and inviting a senior North Korean official to Beijing.
China is sharply critical of US pressure tactics
towards North Korea and wants a resumption of the six-party
nuclear disarmament talks. But the Guardian can reveal
Beijing's frustration with Pyongyang has grown since its
missile and nuclear tests last year, worries about the
economic impact of regional instability, and fears that the
death of the dictator, Kim Jong-il, could spark a succession
struggle.
Click Here to Read the full and Original Article at the guardian.co.uk
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