The state-run Global Times said a US strike against North Korea would unleash carnage on the Korean peninsula. “A symbolic strike against North Korea by the US would bring a disaster to the people in Seoul,” the newspaper said, claiming a “decapitation attack” on North Korea was now “highly possible”. Cheng Xiaohe, a North Korea expert from Beijing’s Renmin University, said by attacking Syria Trump had killed four birds with one stone. The chance of Trump using force in North Korea has gone up,” Cheng said. The “hidden motive” of Trump’s air strikes on Syria was a warning to North Korea, the Chinese academic claimed.

Source: The Guardian April 10, 2017 05:25 UTC