The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday said China can and must do more to force North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile programs.
Ambassador Nikki Haley said President Donald Trump would raise the issue next week at his first summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
And, amid reports that Pyongyang is preparing another banned nuclear test, Haley said Washington would not settle for holding another UN debate.
"I have no patience for it, and it is not helping anyone. And it's not about me. This administration has no patience for it," she said.
"Look, can we change the way North Korea thinks? No. They're not going to cave. China can, and that's the part we want to look at.
"I know China says they're worried about North Korea. I know China wants to see North Korea stop with the testing. Prove it. Prove it."
China, Haley said, could prove it is serious about restraining its rogue neighbor by enforcing an embargo against North Korean coal exports.
China announced it was halting coal imports from North Korea on February 18 -- although in that month as a whole the trade still increased by 40 percent.
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