From Forbes.com:
China said it would send its chief negotiator on the North Korean nuclear issue to Pyongyang next week while stressing that it was making ‘unremitting efforts’ to resolve the crisis.
Deputy foreign minister Wu Dawei will travel to Pyongyang on Monday as part of a delegation to attend celebrations for the 45th anniversary of a friendship treaty between the two countries, foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said. [Full text]
See also, “Hu discusses North Korea with Bush” from Reuters:
China’s President Hu Jintao held talks on Thursday with President Bush and reiterated Beijing’s “serious concerns” after North Korea’s missile tests, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
A defiant North Korea acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that it had launched several missiles, vowed to carry out more tests and threatened to use force if the international community tried to stop it.
Also: “China Balances Concern Over North Korea Missile Tests With Ties to Pyongyang” from Voice of America and “China hopes UN response helpful to Penisula peace” from Xinhua.
