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Focus Shifts to China as North Korea Tensions Escalate; North and South Korea Exchange Artillery Fire

After the discovery of thousands of nuclear centrifuges at a nuclear facility in North Korea, Washington is raising the pressure on Beijing to rein in Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. From Reuters:The impoverished and isolated North depends heavily on its only major ally for economic and diplomatic support and its leader Kim Jong-il has visited China twice this year, in part to gain backing f