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NORTH Korea’s decision to press ahead with a controversial rocket launch drew wide ranging international criticism yesterday, including from its main ally China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said that although China believed that North Korea should have the right to peaceful utilisation of space “at present this right is restricted by UN security council resolutions.” 7
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE