China unmoved as Trump rails over N Korea

BEIJING: Finger-pointing over North Korea's flourishing weapons programme has pushed the world's two biggest economies towards a high-stakes impasse, but observers warn that Trump-style outbursts are no way to get China to bend to the United States' will, reports AFP.

Washington and Beijing have long traded blame over the failure to rein in the North, but a breakthrough in missile technology has raised the spectre of a strike by Pyongyang on American cities, escalating the rhetoric.

"I am very disappointed in China," President Donald Trump tweeted after the North boasted last week that the entire mainland US was within range of its intercontinental ballistic missiles.

"Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk."

China, North Korea's main trade partner and ally, has repeatedly countered that it does not hold the key to the crisis and rejected Trump's attempts to link the issue to the trade relationship.

While China's restrained official responses have played the foil to Trump's 140-character outbursts, state media has been less muted.

"Trump is quite a personality," said an opinion piece published by Xinhua state news agency Monday.

 

China unmoved as Trump rails over N Korea

BEIJING: Finger-pointing over North Koreas flourishing weapons programme has pushed the worlds two biggest economies towards a high-stakes impasse, but observers warn that Trump-style outbursts are no way to get China to bend to the United States will, reports AFP. Washington and Beijing have long traded blame over the failure to rein in the North, but a breakthrough in missile technology has raised the spectre of a strike by Pyongyang on American cities, escalating the rhetoric. I am very disappointed in China, President Donald Trump tweeted after the North boasted last week that the entire mainland US was within range of its intercontinental ballistic missiles. Our foolish past leaders have allowed them to make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade, yet they do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk. China, North Koreas main trade partner and ally, has repeatedly countered that it does not hold the key to the crisis and rejected Trumps attempts to link the issue to the trade relationship. While Chinas restrained official responses have played the foil to Trumps 140-character outbursts, state media has been less muted. Trump is quite a personality, said an opinion piece published by Xinhua state news agency Monday.