April 20, 2004

Report: China Urges Kim to Soften Stance Toward U.S.

China urged visiting North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il to soften his stance toward the United States to break an impasse over ending secretive Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, South Korean media said on Tuesday.

Kim slipped unannounced into Beijing on Monday for talks with Chinese President and Communist Party chief Hu Jintao, military chief Jiang Zemin and Premier Wen Jiabao on the crisis over the North's nuclear ambitions and its threadbare economy.

Things are looking up!
Looks as if Kim got a trip to the woodshed and the Chinese are just the ones who can give him the righteous spanking he's been asking for!
We should see him stop rattling those nukes right quick.