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When China signed on to sanctions at the UN Security Council it did not expect nuclear retaliation. When Kim's father was willing to place seals on North Korea's nuclear reactor, which seems like light years ago, it was with the understanding China had it's back. If China reasserts itself, North Korea may find reassurance again. 

11 August 2017

By Hannah Parry

China (click here) will intervene if America attacks North Korea first, according to a state-owned paper, and will only stay neutral if Kim Jong-un attacks the US first.

An editorial in the Global Times, warned that "China should also make clear that if North Korea launches missiles that threaten US soil first and the US retaliates, China will stay neutral," the Daily Mail reported.

"If the US and South Korea carry out strikes and try to overthrow the North Korean regime and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so."

China also expressed its "strong dissatisfaction" with the US Navy over its operations in the South China Sea.

The warning comes amid escalating tensions between the US and North Korea.

Pyongyang has warned it plans to launch a nuclear strike on Guam after President Trump announced that any more threats against the US would be met with "fire and fury"....