China must rein in North Korea?
Apparently, that's not what President Trump has in mind. Seriously, what does Kim Jong-un wanted? Just as US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jingping are set to have face-to-face talks today in Florida, North Korea, the renegade ally of the Asian superpower, has test-fired yet another ballistic missile in the Sea of Japan. Among the topics that are supposed to be on Mr Trump and Mr Xi's agenda is taming North Korea, one of Asia's most aggressive members, and which has been on the rampage with its testing of ballistic missiles over the course of this year and last. China, as North Korea's closest ally, has itself started to feel the heat and earlier this year decided to suspend the purchase of North Korean coal until the end of the year. But this does not seem to have had an impact on the the country under Kim Jong-un's leadership. Immediately after the last test, China urged all relevant parties to practise restraint and to refrain f...