China-Korea-Obama-Cheonan-Beijing
From: http://www.reuters.com
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the rebuke in answer to repeated questions from reporters about comments by Obama over the weekend.
Beijing has refused to take a firm position on who is to blame for the sinking of a South Korean naval ship, the Cheonan, in late March, killing 46 sailors.
South Korea and other powers say the ship was undoubtedly sunk by a North Korean torpedo, and Pyongyang should suffer consequences. Beijing has urged restraint in dealing with the North, a long-time ally and strategic buffer.
“Now, I am sympathetic to the fact that North Korea is on China’s border,” Obama told a news conference at the end of the G20 global leaders’ summit in Toronto.
“And so when they adopt a posture of restraint, I understand their thinking. But I think there’s a difference between restraint and willful blindness to consistent problems,” he added.
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