As Donald Trump’s administration confronted its first challenge by North Korea, a weekend ballistic-missile test, China largely stayed on the sidelines, watching how Washington would react.
BEIJING—As the Trump administration confronted its first challenge by North Korea, a weekend ballistic-missile test, China largely stayed on the sidelines, watching how the new leadership in Washington would react.
China’s government waited a day before expressing its opposition to the test and urging Washington and Seoul to do more to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions.
