CHINA has batted the North Korean crisis back to Washington, implying that the US should lift financial sanctions against Kim Jong-il's regime. North Korea has been fuming since the US effectively froze $US24 million ($A32 million) in assets last November at the Macau-based Banco Delta Asia.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao yesterday appeared to back the North Korean stance by saying that the US must first resolve the financial dispute with North Korea. "It's affecting the progress of the six-party talks and we hope it will be clarified and resolved as quickly as possible," Mr Liu said. "Specifically how to resolve it is something you will have to ask the American side."
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