From Agence France-Presse, via The Manila Times:
China will not be overly alarmed by North Korea’s decision to abandon talks on its nuclear program and will use quiet diplomacy to push the Stalinist state back to the negotiating table, analysts said.
China is North Korea’s oldest and closest ally, and the decision Thursday by Pyongyang to openly declare it possessed nuclear weapons and reject the talks process is unlikely to have come as a surprise to Beijing, they said.
