“If we get into a war it’s because of misperception,” said Robert Kelly, professor of political science at Pusan National University. This month it conducted its largest ever nuclear test – what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb. In the wake of the nuclear test, academics in China began openly calling for a reassessment of Beijing’s long-term policy of support for North Korea. But after the latest nuclear test, it signed up to tough new sanctions, including potentially damaging restrictions on crude oil, aimed at squeezing Pyongyang. Even so, Trump continues to poke the hornet’s nest, either unaware of, or maybe in spite of, Pyongyang’s growing outrage.

Source: New Strait Times September 26, 2017 10:52 UTC