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China to lodge protest with N. Korea after bomb test  

Foreign Ministry that Beijing did not have advance knowledge of North Korea´s test, adding that it firmly opposes Pyongyang´s action.

By Reuters
January 06, 2016

BEIJING: China said on Wednesday it will lodge a protest with North Korea after it said it had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily news briefing that China would "launch solemn representations" with North Korea.

Foreign Ministry that Beijing did not have advance knowledge of North Korea´s test, adding that it firmly opposes Pyongyang´s action.

Hua Chunying said that China would work with the international community on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.