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China’s Likely Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Test

China’s Likely Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Test

North Korean President Kim Jong Un announced Wednesday the successful test of what he claimed was a hydrogen bomb outside Pyongyang, and in doing so, angered the international community, including its closest ally, China.  Mike Chinoy, Senior Fellow at the U.S.-China Institute at USC, discussed with The Cipher Brief China’s likely response to the nuclear test and why North Korea took such a provocative action.

The Cipher Brief: What are North Korea’s motives in detonating this bomb and announcing it to the public? What is the significance of this test if in fact North Korea detonated a hydrogen bomb?

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