Chinese leaders are said to have grown increasingly frustrated with their North Korean allies Officials in China have expressed frustration with communist ally North Korea, according to leaked classified US diplomatic cables. Pyongyang was behaving like a "spoiled child", a Chinese foreign ministry official is quoted as having said in 2009, in cables released by Wikileaks.
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