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CHINA PRESS: The designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism by

the U.S. will only further alienate the Asian country and make the prospects for

talks much dimmer, the official English-language China Daily wrote in an

editorial published on Wednesday. The move may even eliminate the possibility of

any talks and could lay waste to the efforts of China and Russia to bring North

Korea back to the negotiation table. Instead, the designation could be used by

Pyongyang as a pretext to renew its weapons tests, restarting a cycle of

escalating tensions, the newspaper argued. (China Daily)