The United States and North Korea are racing towards a catastrophic “head-on collision”, China’s foreign minister has warned, amid Chinese fury at America’s deployment of a controversial anti-missile system. How do you solve a problem like North Korea? US president Donald Trump, who has accused China of not doing enough to rein in North Korea, responded by warning that Pyongyang’s threat had entered a “new phase”. Wang Yi urged South Korea to “cease and desist” from hosting Thaad and said it was teetering “on the brink of the precipice”. Wang’s comments came after Beijing condemned Thaad’s deployment warning South Korea and the US would bear “all the consequences” for taking the “wrong path”.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2017 05:37 UTC