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CHINA: China strongly condemned North Korea's action of carrying out the sixth

and most powerful nuclear test late Sunday morning, the South China Morning Post

reported Sunday. The test triggered a 6.3-magnitude quake followed by a

4.6-magnitude tremor, and was felt throughout northeastern China. "The Chinese

government resolutely opposes and strongly condemns this," the Chinese foreign

ministry said after North Korea confirmed the test. "We urge North Korea to

recognise the determination of the international community to achieve a

denuclearised Korean peninsula ... and to return to the path of resolving

conflicts through dialogue." China will continue to implement UN sanctions

against Pyongyang in  a "comprehensive manner", the ministry said. China's

nuclear safety agency also started monitoring radiation levels in its

northeastern border areas on Sunday, the SCMP noted. China and Russia agreed

late Sunday to "appropriately deal with" the test, while Chinese President Xi

Jinping met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Xiamen, Fujian province,

ahead of Monday's BRICS leaders' summit, Xinhua reported. (South China Morning

Post/Xinhua)