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China caught in crossfire between US and N Korea
Beijing wants a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, but cannot abide by a change in status quo there
Published Mon, Aug 14, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Hong Kong
IT'S getting harder for Chinese President Xi Jinping to maintain support for wayward ally North Korea.
For weeks, he has been caught in the middle as leader Kim Jong Un lobbed intercontinental ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, and US President Donald Trump vented his frustration with warnings of "fire and fury."
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