“The US is making up its mind to stop the North from conducting further nuclear tests, it doesn’t plan to co-exist with a nuclear-armed Pyongyang,” reports the lead April 12 editorial in the Chinese Global Times

 

April 11

 

A Trump foreign-policy-by-tweet is released as an early morning missive:

 

April 15 / North Korea’s Response

 

North Korea Shows Off Long-Range Missiles in Military Parade

 

 

China Warns of “Storm Clouds” Gathering