All you need to know about China’s sanctions on North Korea
Beijing has slapped bans on some trade with its troublesome neighbour but with Pyongyang firing off yet another round of missiles on the weekend there’s debate over just how effective the curbs will be
On January 1, Kim Jong-un announced to the world that North Korea was “getting close” to developing an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Seven months later, he reportedly watched as his country launched exactly such a device into the Sea of Japan. Three weeks later, it fired another.
Then on Saturday, Pyongyang sent up several short-range rockets for good measure, with one appearing to blow up immediately, according to the US military.
Just six months after moving into the White House, US President Donald Trump declared the launches “reckless and dangerous”, and called on China and the United Nations to apply tougher sanctions on North Korea to curb its nuclear programme.
In February, China announced it would ban coal imports from North Korea, in line with an earlier UN resolution.
