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China 'worries' North Korea may turn against it - The Times of India
BEIJING: China should make North
Korea pay a "heavy price" if it
went ahead with its planned
nuclear test, a state-run daily said
on Wednesday, expressing
concern Pyongyang may even turn against Beijing, its main ally. "If North Korea insists on a third
nuclear test despite attempts to
dissuade it, it must pay a heavy
price. The assistance it will be able to receive from China should be reduced,"
state-run Global Times said in an editorial. "Some Chinese scholars believe that China will
face a diplomatic challenge if North Korea carries
out a third nuclear test. They worry that
Pyongyang will turn against China because of
China's participation in some international
sanctions against it," it said. "In the worst case scenario, the rupture that
occurred in relations between China and the
Soviet Union will be repeated. Such concerns are
driven by a lack of confidence in China's national
strength, and they exaggerate North Korea's
diplomatic irrationality," the daily said. "Some worry Pyongyang would completely turn
to the US if it fell out with China. Such concerns
are unfounded," it said, adding it is unlikely that
China would punish North Korea as harshly if it
went ahead with nuclear test. "Pyongyang is important to China, but not
important enough to make China give up its
diplomatic principles." The Chinese foreign ministry, meanwhile, said
that the comments and editorial of Global Times
are not in line with the position of the ministry. China maintains that denuclearisation of the
Korean Peninsula is necessary and insists relevant
parties solve problems through negotiations, it
said adding. Beijing is willing to maintain the China-North
Korean friendship, but Pyongyang should do the
same. China, North Korea's main donor since the
1950-53 Korean War, has restraint Pyongyang
even as one of the world's most isolated regimes
prepare for its third nuclear test.
BEIJING: China should make North
Korea pay a "heavy price" if it
went ahead with its planned
nuclear test, a state-run daily said
on Wednesday, expressing
concern Pyongyang may even turn against Beijing, its main ally. "If North Korea insists on a third
nuclear test despite attempts to
dissuade it, it must pay a heavy
price. The assistance it will be able to receive from China should be reduced,"
state-run Global Times said in an editorial. "Some Chinese scholars believe that China will
face a diplomatic challenge if North Korea carries
out a third nuclear test. They worry that
Pyongyang will turn against China because of
China's participation in some international
sanctions against it," it said. "In the worst case scenario, the rupture that
occurred in relations between China and the
Soviet Union will be repeated. Such concerns are
driven by a lack of confidence in China's national
strength, and they exaggerate North Korea's
diplomatic irrationality," the daily said. "Some worry Pyongyang would completely turn
to the US if it fell out with China. Such concerns
are unfounded," it said, adding it is unlikely that
China would punish North Korea as harshly if it
went ahead with nuclear test. "Pyongyang is important to China, but not
important enough to make China give up its
diplomatic principles." The Chinese foreign ministry, meanwhile, said
that the comments and editorial of Global Times
are not in line with the position of the ministry. China maintains that denuclearisation of the
Korean Peninsula is necessary and insists relevant
parties solve problems through negotiations, it
said adding. Beijing is willing to maintain the China-North
Korean friendship, but Pyongyang should do the
same. China, North Korea's main donor since the
1950-53 Korean War, has restraint Pyongyang
even as one of the world's most isolated regimes
prepare for its third nuclear test.
