„The Chinese have been pressing North Korea very hard not to stage a nuclear test,“ said Mike Chinoy, a former CNN Beijing bureau chief and the author of „Meltdown: Inside the story of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis.“
„For the North Koreans to deliberately choose a few hours before a very important summit meeting when Xi Jinping is hosting the leaders from India, Brazil and South Africa — a big, big deal for the Chinese — is a deliberate poke in the eye from North Korea.“