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Can China solve the North Korea problem?

China may hold the key to getting North Korea to step back from its nuclear ambitions, but the options are narrowing and are not without risk.

North Korea continues to rattle the world with its rapidly advancing weapons programme. Diplomacy with this Hermit Kingdom is broken and UN sanctions have little effect curtailing the nuclear ambitions of the country鈥檚 enigmatic leader Kim Jong鈥揢n. As its closest neighbour and biggest ally, can China solve the growing threat - with whatever options remain?

(image: Chinese/N.Korean sign beside the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge connecting the Chinese border city of Dandong to North Korea over the Yalu river. Credit: Mark Ralston/Getty Images)

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