Wang said China would still stress the need for peace talks between the US and North Korea to resolve the crisis.
“There will be sanctions, but it will not be a full cut of oil supplies. China is not looking for the collapse of the regime. It just wants to push for peace talks, so cutting North Korea’s lifeline in oil does not fit China’s aim,” Wang said.
owever, Zhang Liangui, an international relations professor at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, doubted whether tougher sanctions were useful as the latest nuclear test showed North Korea was isolating itself from the international community.
“North Korea doesn’t really care about what China said it would do to them because they know China’s stance very well,” he said.
“The outlook of having this issue resolved is dim. It will very much depend on whether the US decides to take military action.”
(South China Post )