China Slams US on Korea: What Good Have You Done?

China resents Mullen's statement about North Korea
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 9, 2010 8:15 AM CST
China Slams US on Korea: What Good Have You Done?
South Korean Gen. Han Min-koo, chairman of South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, center, talks with Marines at a Marine base on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010.   (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ju-sung)

The North Korea/South Korea feud is ratcheting up tensions between the US and China, with the United States' top military official complaining that the North’s “reckless behavior” was “enabled by their friends in China.” Admiral Mike Mullen said that he was deeply concerned about the situation, reports the BBC, believing that the North will continue provoking the South. China fired back at Mullen’s accusation, saying military threats wouldn’t resolve the problem, and asking what he’d ever done for “peace and stability in the region.” (More North Korea stories.)

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