China Says U.S. Impeded North Korea Arms Talks -NYT

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The comments by Yang Xiyu, a senior Foreign Ministry official and China's top official on the North Korean nuclear problem, were noteworthy because the Chinese authorities very rarely speak to journalists about the issue. The comments reflect growing frustration in Beijing with the Bush administration.

Even as the White House presses China to find a solution to the nuclear issue, Chinese officials say, it has hurled insults at North Korea and given its leaders excuses to stay away from the bargaining table.

"It is true that we do not yet have tangible achievements" in ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Mr. Yang said in an interview. "But a basic reason for the unsuccessful effort lies in the lack of cooperation from the U.S. side."

Mr. Yang said that when President Bush referred to the North Korea leader, Kim Jong Il, as a "tyrant" in late April, Mr. Bush "destroyed the atmosphere" for negotiations, undoing weeks of efforts to persuade North Korea that the United States would bargain in good faith.

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http://nytimes.com/2005/05/13/international/asia/13korea.html?hp&ex=1115956800&en=adb5427e28d14d94&ei=5094&partner=homepage

That Bush was always messing things up in Iraq and they wanted to get him out of the way so they told him to go argue with NK.

skills in diplomacy. Those same skills he's shown the whole world over the last 4 years.:sarcasm: :sarcasm:

China Says US Impeded North Korea Arms Talks
By Joseph Kahn
The New York Times

Friday 13 May 2005

Beijing - A senior Chinese diplomat on Thursday accused the Bush administration of undermining efforts to revive negotiations with the North Korean government and said there was "no solid evidence" that North Korea was preparing to test a nuclear weapon.

The comments by Yang Xiyu, a senior Foreign Ministry official and China's top official on the North Korean nuclear problem, were noteworthy because the Chinese authorities very rarely speak to journalists about the issue. The comments reflect growing frustration in Beijing with the Bush administration.

Even as the White House presses China to find a solution to the nuclear issue, Chinese officials say, it has hurled insults at North Korea and given its leaders excuses to stay away from the bargaining table.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/051305Z.shtml

And if Bolton gets to the U.N. it'll be the problem will be compounded.

Speaking truth to power...good thing.
Speaking truth to lunacy...pissin' in the wind.

...foreign affairs. The cowboy, shoot 'em up, dead or alive crap isn't the right approach for dealing with other countries and the world's problems. Idiots shoot 'em up, diplomats discuss and negotiate.

It started the moment the BFEE took over the WH in 2001 - criticising the "Sunshine Agreement" between the Koreas - calling Kim Jong Il a "pygmy" - you just knew that the idiotboy was spoiling for a fight - this just before our spyplane killed the Chinese pilot and was forced to land in China - add that together with the destruction of the Ehime Maru during the *Co's supporters joyride in February 2001.

Oh, just thinking of the beginning of the end makes me sad. :(

http://www.harpers.org/WeeklyReview2002-06-04.html#20030930001703-9053146589

http://www.asil.org/insights/insigh64.htm

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/04/03/plane.mission/

if treaties are not binding?" Blix, an international lawyer, asked rhetorically.
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He cited Bush administration proposals to build new nuclear weapons and talk in Washington even of testing
weapons, ending a 13-year-old U.S. moratorium on nuclear tests. He also referred to statements by Bolton,
President Bush's embattled nominee to be U.N. ambassador, devaluing treaties and the authority of international
law.

Blix criticizes U.S. nuke policy, Bolton
http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=82537&format=&page=1


a similar view.
dp