After North Korean Nuclear Test, China Must Deal With Its Wayward Ally

In the aftermath of Tuesday’s nuclear test by North Korea, China will almost certainly join the United States in supporting tougher sanctions at the United Nations, accompanied by sterner reprimands from Beijing against its recalcitrant ally in Pyongyang.

But as impatient as China might be with North Korea, there is little chance that the new Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, will move quickly to change the nation’s long-held policy of propping up the walled-off government that has long served as a buffer against closer intrusion by the United States on the Korean Peninsula.

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Jane Perlez, New York Times via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/oNmXApqL3g0/