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By Jeremy Laurence
SEOUL (Reuters) - Efforts to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula looked deadlocked on Tuesday after the United States and its main Asian allies urged China to bring North Korea to heel, pressure Beijing has repeatedly...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C) talks next to South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara (L) during a news conference at the U.S. State Department in Washington, December 6, 2010. The United States, Japan and South Korea pressed China and Russia on Monday to help defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula as Chinese President Hu Jintao warned U.S. President Barack Obama the situation could ''spin out of control.''
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By Jeremy Laurence
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Tue Dec 7, 2010 12:03am EST
SEOUL (Reuters) - Efforts to resolve the crisis on the Korean peninsula looked deadlocked on Tuesday after the United States and its main Asian allies urged China to bring North Korea to heel, pressure Beijing has repeatedly resisted.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts, saying they shared grave concerns over "provocative attacks from North Korea" and put the onus on China to take action.
Earlier, in their first discussion on North Korea since its attack on the South two weeks ago, Chinese President Hu Jintao told President Barack Obama that Washington must return to the negotiating table with the North, warning that the situation could "spiral out of control" without talks.
The United States, South Korea and Japan have been lukewarm to China's proposal for emergency talks between the six regional powers, worried they could be perceived as rewarding Pyongyang for its attack on a South Korean island.
"I think the fact that it took Hu and Obama 13 days even to talk about the attack shows what little chance there is of any real agreement," said Brian Myers, an expert on the North's ideology at Dongseo University.
"I agree with the South Korean consensus that the Chinese are simply trying to look like they're doing something for peace, without having to offend the North."
Analysts say Pyongyang will likely carry out more provocations following last month's deadly bombardment of a South Korean island and its revelations of nuclear advances for two reasons: to cement a father-to-son leadership transition and to win concessions at any international talks.
"The bottom line: North Korea isn't going to change is behavior any time soon, and the United States, South Korea and the world will have to live with this reality," said Andrew Scobell, a North Korea expert at the U.S. Army War College.
Analysts said Hu's comments showed greater urgency but that China was reluctant to lean too hard on the North in the midst of a leadership transition, for fear of a collapse that could send refugees streaming across its border and hand dominance over the entire peninsula to South Korea and the United States.
"The problem is Beijing has been cornered. The three parties got together without China. China has been sidelined," said Zhu Feng, professor of international relations at Peking University.
"China is in a deepening dilemma: how to struggle with the balance between maintaining ties with Pyongyang and maintaining cooperation with Washington. Maybe Beijing may be more motivated now to wake up to a new reality."
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Meanwhile, as South Korea staged live-fire drills around the country, Obama sent his top military officer to Seoul.
Admiral Mike Mullen's visit comes as local media reported the South Korean and U.S. militaries might soon conduct another joint military exercise. Last week, Washington sent an aircraft carrier to a combined maneuver off the west coast.
China views North Korea as a strategic buffer against the United States and its allies, and is Pyongyang's largest trade partner and benefactor.
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Comments (6)
DisgustedReader wrote:
China needs to take Pyongyang out to the woodshed and do to him what the Chinese are famous for doing to insolent and spoiled little troublemakers.
Dec 06, 2010 7:42pm EST -- Report as abuse
whatsup wrote:
North Korean attacks, WikiLeaks, and some others coincide. could there be the same mastermind behind? Why China?
Dec 06, 2010 7:51pm EST -- Report as abuse
Marty65 wrote:
They continue to appease NK. This is why they continue to do this crap time after time after time. China concern og border crossing after the fall will happen yet not as big as they think. These people are hermits they must be reprogramed and China is also playing a game with the world. They are the ones testing the waters and they can stop NK in their tracks. Six party talks is blackmail and just a waste of time. China if so concerned of collapse why not tell him to step down and put their guy in charge? China is solely responsible.
Dec 06, 2010 8:14pm EST -- Report as abuse
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