China has welcomed the reopening of the hotline between the DPRK and South Korea, and urged the two sides to seize the opportunity for renewed talks.

GENG SHUANG, SPOKESPERSON CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY "China supports and welcomes the efforts by the DPRK and South Korea, to take the opportunity of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. We believe all parties concerned should catch the positive signals and walk towards each other. China will continue to play an active and constructive role in bringing all sides back to the track of dialogue and negotiations for a peaceful and denuclearized peninsula."