China issues stern warning to U.S., North Korea over their growing tensions

[babylonsister]

How weird is this? A grown-up in the room?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-korea-blames-trump-and-hisaggressive-tweets-for-tensions/2017/04/14/6932c9aa-20e1-11e7-bcd6-6d1286bc177d_story.html?utm_term=.438ece8d54e7

China issues stern warning to U.S., North Korea over their growing tensions
Tensions mount between the U.S. and North Korea

North Korea says the U.S. is escalating the situation on the Korean peninsula as Pyongyang prepares for a celebration on April 15. (Reuters)
By Anna Fifield April 14 at 2:00 PM


TOKYO — China issued a stern warning Friday to both the United States and North Korea, urging them not to push their recriminations to a point of no return and allow war to break out on the Korean Peninsula.

In comments carried by China’s official Xinhua news agency, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said “storm clouds” were gathering, an apparent reference to North Korean preparations to conduct a new nuclear test and the United States’ deployment of a naval strike force to the waters off the peninsula. In addition, the U.S. military has been conducting large-scale exercises with South Korean forces, drills that the North considers provocative.

“The United States and South Korea and North Korea are engaging in tit for tat, with swords drawn and bows bent,” Wang said at a news conference after meeting with visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, Xinhua reported. “We urge all parties to refrain from inflammatory or threatening statements or deeds to prevent irreversible damage to the situation on the Korean Peninsula.”

Trump administration officials describe the situation as more dangerous than in the past, both because of the progress North Korea has made in its nuclear and missile programs and because of the hostility on both sides. But U.S. officials said no decision has been made about how to respond to any new test — nuclear or ballistic — by North Korea.

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[Demtexan]

1. China is now the adult in the room.

Sad.

[LittleBlue]

2. Don't let Trump mask China's brutality

They are no grown ups. They harvest the organs of religious minorities after executing them. They openly ethnically cleansed Uighers. They are the state which supports keeping 22 million North Koreans enslaved by a madman by being his only ally.

Trump's stupidity shouldn't make people forget that China is a rogue state that keeps 1.3bn people enslaved daily.

[L. Coyote]

3. When is distraction a bad idea? When people get killed.

[babylonsister]

4. No kidding. nt

[bdamomma]

5. instead turning the other cheek

trump takes revenge on the world. Where is Russia on all this saber rattling between trump and north korea.

[babylonsister]

6. Russia is his buddy really despite all the hoopla.

Distraction imo.

And dt doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself.