China rejects Trump criticisms over North Korea

[DonViejo]

Source: The Guardian



Chinese foreign minister speaks out after US president said Beijing had done little to deter Kim Jong-un’s nuclear ambitions

Tom Phillips in Beijing
Saturday 18 March 2017

China has rebuffed Donald Trump’s latest Twitter attack after the US president accused Beijing of doing little to help force North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, to abandon his nuclear ambitions.

Speaking in Beijing alongside the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, claimed a responsible China had “devoted a lot of energy and effort over the years” to resolving the North Korean issue.

“The tremendous and important efforts that China has made are visible to all,” he told a press conference, urging all parties, “including our friends from the United States”, to tackle the situation in a cool-headed manner.

Wang made no direct reference to Trump, who has repeatedly used Twitter to criticise China on issues including alleged

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Well well,

this situation is rapidly turning into a food fight and little Donnie is going to lose bigly.

[msongs]

2. donald and ivanka better watch it - all their cheap crap comes from china they could be cut off

[benld74]

3. Trump is truly delusional if

He thinks he can bluster China.

China is more than willing to call his bluff

This article is just the beginning

[yallerdawg]

4. We went toe-to-toe with the communist Chinese in Korea...

and fought it to a draw.

We've waited, what, 65 years for an ignorant, illiterate real estate developer to fix this dilemma of two proxy nations eyeballing each other with nuclear war the likely outcome? Possibly over a "tweet"?

The fool has got to go.

[ProudLib72]

5. For the love of God

Someone TAKE HIS PHONE AWAY!

Even if Tillerson was working on a diplomatic solution, tRump could and would ruin it with a few infantile tweets.

[JHan]

6. We won't survive four years of this

[Turbineguy]

7. Hopefully the Chinese can talk to Lil Kim.

Nobody can talk to trump. I'm guessing that First Strike has already been disconnected.

Twitter needs to disconnect trump. It's dangerous.

[moondust]

8. Thick smog in Beijing for Tillerson.

Just saw a BBC reporter in Beijing note the skyline there has disappeared in the smog. Maybe the mighty T. Rex will learn a thing or two about fossil fuels while he's there.