BEIJING: China brushed off an American request to increase its involvement in settling the standoff over North Korea's nuclear programme, saying yesterday that the issue should be handled directly between Washington and Pyongyang.
It was the latest reflection of Beijing's caution in wading into the months-long dispute between its communist neighbour and the United States.
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