U.S. Prods China on North Korea, Saying Soft Approach Has Failed

The New York Times: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration warned China on Thursday that its approach to reining in North Korea had “not worked” and said the time had come to end “business as usual” with the country Beijing has supported for the past six decades.

In his strongest comments since the North Korean nuclear test on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry said he told his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in a phone call Thursday that China’s approach to influencing North Korea — issuing warnings while also trying to warm long-strained relations — had proved a failure.

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