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[Julius]

By Ben Blanchard and Jane Chung

BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) - China's leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North Korea for raising regional tensions, with the president saying no country should throw the world into chaos and the foreign minister warning that Beijing would not allow mischief on its doorstep.

The weekend comments were the strongest yet by China in response to more than a month of North Korean rhetoric that has included threats to launch a nuclear attack on the United States and to wage war with Seoul.

No country "should be allowed to throw a region and even the whole world into chaos for selfish gain", President Xi Jinping told a forum on the southern Chinese island of Hainan. He did not name North Korea but he appeared to refer to Pyongyang.

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman said Xi's comments were unprecedented.

"We oppose provocative words and actions from any party in the region and do not allow trouble-making on China's doorstep," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, according to a ministry statement on its website late on Saturday, relating a telephone conversation with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/china-warns-against-troublemaking-korean-peninsula-193521044.html#f4ARzpv

[rollo]

The message. KIm has to go! It has been pretty clear from the Chinese that they are tired of the antics of the little boy.

The statement by the foreign minister was tough and straightforward.

I expect a change of leadership shorthly in the North.

[12ax7]

The message is clear: don't start a fight because we won't be able to back you up this time (it wouldn't sacrifice its economic and diplomatic relations for North Korea). China's naturally worried because they don't want South Korean soldiers along the Yalu.