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China Warns Pyongyang Against 'Miscalculation'
 In a front-page column on Wednesday, the Chinese Communist Party's official People's Daily warned North Korea not to "miscalculate the situation."
The People's Daily carried a column by international affairs expert Hua Yiwen on the front page saying that even if North Korea has 100 reasons to build up defenses, it has no reason whatsoever to conduct a nuclear test or launch a ballistic missile in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. He added the North cannot shift responsibility for mounting tensions on the Korean Peninsula since last year onto others. The Global Times, an English-language sister newspaper of the People's Daily, sang to the same tune in an editorial titled "North Korea cannot justify its overreaction." "The favorable opinion of the Chinese public toward Pyongyang is fading. This does no good to the North's long-term interests," it wrote. Posted by: Steve White 2013-04-12 |
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