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16:44, 08-Nov-2017
Trump's ‘all options’ DPRK approach not in line with Xi’s stance
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By CGTN's Asia Today
“China strongly insists on the peaceful solution,” said Yang Xiyu, a senior fellow from the China Institute of International Studies on CGTN’s Asia Today. “We will oppose both nuclearization and the military solution. Both of them are bad and irresponsible for regional peace and stability.”
Yang’s comments came just a day before US President Donald Trump’s first state visit to China, the third leg of his current Asia tour following visits to Japan and South Korea.
DPRK’s controversial nuclear program is one of Trump’s main talking points on this tour.
Yang Xiyu, a senior fellow from the China Institute of International Studies. /CGTN Screenshot
Yang Xiyu, a senior fellow from the China Institute of International Studies. /CGTN Screenshot
Ahead of his departure from Washington on Saturday, DPRK’s state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that it was absurd to think that Pyongyang would give up its nuclear weapons. The editorial also said the country was in the final stages of establishing a nuclear deterrence program.
During Trump’s visit to Japan on Monday, his response during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was to suggest exerting more pressure on the DPRK.
Soon after his arrival in Seoul on Tuesday, he called DPRK's nuclear program a "threat" to the entire world during a press briefing with President Moon Jae-in.
This issue is undoubtedly set to continue in China and Yang Xiyu agrees that some common does indeed exist between Beijing and Washington.
“Both China and the US definitely insist on the denuclearization of the whole peninsula,” Yang commented, “Both China and the US strongly oppose the DPRK’s efforts toward the nuclearization.”
However, there are some fundamental difference between both countries’ stances which could present problems for China and the US to jointly resolve the nuclear issue.
Yang said that Trump’s resolution has always been an “all options” approach, whereas Chinese President Xi Jinping stands by the “all options but military” option.
Discussing China's stance on the DPRK issue on CGTN's Asia Today. /CGTN Screenshot
Discussing China's stance on the DPRK issue on CGTN's Asia Today. /CGTN Screenshot
“I think China and the US will try to manage differences, expand and enhance the cooperation based on the common ground, say toward the denuclearization,” he said.
“China will make great efforts to restore the diplomacy process, so to persuade the US that diplomacy remains the single, useful, primitive vehicle to solve our common challenges.”
Asia Today is a 30-minute news and current affairs show on CGTN with a focus on issues in the Asia-Pacific region. It airs daily at 7:00 p.m. BJT (1100GMT) with no rebroadcast.
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