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October 12, 2006
US, China at odds on N Korea
By Amanda Lang
As the UN Security Council huddled to discuss a US draft resolution to tighten the screws on Pyongyang, China said it wanted to resolve the crisis peacefully rather than aim for exacting revenge, a softening of its earlier position. "Punishment is not the goal," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in Beijing. "As to what measures to take, I think the measures themselves are not punitive action."
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As the UN Security Council huddled to discuss a US draft resolution to tighten the screws on Pyongyang, China said it wanted to resolve the crisis peacefully rather than aim for exacting revenge, a softening of its earlier position. "Punishment is not the goal," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in Beijing. "As to what measures to take, I think the measures themselves are not punitive action."OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.
Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.