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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a6969256.html
China has announced a series of sanctions against North Korea.
The country has restricted imports of North Korean coal and sales of jet fuel under UN sanctions.
The Security Council passed a resolution in March, which expanded UN sanctions aimed at withholding funds for the North's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. It came after Pyongyang conducted four tests in recent months.
Among the North Korean materials to be banned, some of which are fundamental to the country's revenue, is coal, iron, iron ore, gold, titanium and rare earths.
While China's restrictions allow some North Korean materials to be imported for civilian use, any trade connected to the North's missile or nuclear programmes has been prohibited. For the UN sanctions to succeed, the cooperation of China - an ally of North Korea - has been viewed as essential.
The move by China comes after the global Nuclear Security Summit held in Washington last week. There, at a meeting between Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the US President said both countries were “committed to the [denuclearisation] of the Korean Peninsula”.
Mr Xi said: “China and the US have a responsibility to work together.”
After the vote on the resolution, drafted by the US and China, US Ambassador Samantha Power said the sanctions were the toughest yet.
"Virtually all of the DPRK's (North Korea) resources are channelled into its reckless and relentless pursuit of weapons of mass destruction," she said.
UN sanctions have been imposed on North Korea since 2006 because of the country's nuclear tests and rocket launches
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2016-04-05, 02:52 PM #1Banned
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China announces sanctions against North Korea
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2016-04-05, 02:54 PM #2Deleted
Poor Kim.
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2016-04-05, 02:55 PM #3Titan
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Holy shit!
I knew China was getting pissed off but I wasn't expecting this so suddenly. I'm guessing Kim really does have some mental instability and alienated China as they tried to reign in their irrational behavior.
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2016-04-05, 02:56 PM #4Elemental Lord
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I wouldn't be surprised if the Donald pulled some strings in china to make this happen. Quality leadership. Good on china, this could break them!
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2016-04-05, 02:57 PM #5Brewmaster
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My first question - has China done/said anything like this before? Basically... is this just talk, or is it real?
If it's real and significant, then good on China and Obama.
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2016-04-05, 02:58 PM #6The Lightbringer
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North Korea truly is the billy no mates of countries
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2016-04-05, 02:59 PM #7Titan
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China has never agreed to anything like this before to my memory.
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2016-04-05, 03:00 PM #8Banned
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He loves China, China loves him. Donald has many friends that are China. Originally Posted by Mokoshne
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2016-04-05, 03:00 PM #9DeletedExcept Donald can't pull any strings in china. Originally Posted by Mokoshne
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2016-04-05, 03:01 PM #10Warchief
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So it has finally frozen over in hell.
“A man will contend for a false faith stronger than he will a true one,” he observes. “The truth defends itself, but a falsehood must be defended by its adherents: first to prove it to themselves and secondly, that they may appear right in the estimation of their friends.”
-The Acts of Pilate.
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2016-04-05, 03:02 PM #11Banned
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the deepest part of hell was pretty cold. Originally Posted by Torched
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2016-04-05, 03:07 PM #12Dreadlord
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That's unexpected, now we just have to wait for the coup or revolution.
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2016-04-05, 03:12 PM #13The Lightbringer
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Damn, what a turn of events.
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2016-04-05, 03:20 PM #14The Forgettable
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Awesome! Maybe now North Korea will finally be forced to get their shit together.
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2016-04-05, 03:35 PM #15Brewmaster
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This is pretty fantastic news. Wonder how kim will react.
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2016-04-05, 03:36 PM #16Void Lord
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How do you say "bitchslap" in Mandarin?
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2016-04-05, 03:39 PM #17Pandaren Monk
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Jeez, makes you wonder what barrel the US bent China over to squeeze this out of them. This is pretty shocking.
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2016-04-05, 03:40 PM #18Bloodsail Admiral
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They should never have dealt with him in the first place.
All they saw was money but now they start getting scared.Last edited by Guyv3r; 2016-04-05 at 03:42 PM.
Money talks, bullshit walks..
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2016-04-05, 03:40 PM #19Void Lord
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Wh...why? Why wouldn't you be? Trump's done nothing but antagonize China while running for office, he hasn't been to China in ages, and has zero diplomatic weight. Plus, even if he didn't brag about it before it happened (which he would), he'd definitely have tweeted by now if he was involved, now that there are tangible results. Originally Posted by Mokoshne
In what realistic world would Trump have any effect on this, based on existing evidence?
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2016-04-05, 03:41 PM #20Deleted
What will Glorious Leader do about it? Will he make the Red Chinese Invaders pay by unleashing a nuclear storm upon them?
Will he destroy all communists? Wait.
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