by Xinhua Writer Wang Haiqing
BEIJING Jake McCabe Sabres Jersey , Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- As the world is busy digesting the fourth nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) within a decade, a sobering fact is worth noting: Washington's antagonist approach has pushed Pyongyang further in the pursuit of nuclear capabilities.
The Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, which arose from in the Cold War, has remained a major security conundrum for the region as well as the world, largely due to the tense relations between the United States and the DPRK.
Except for a brief period in the 1990s, mutual distrust and antagonism have defined the U.S.-DPRK ties.
Since 2003, the DPRK has stressed that it would abandon its nuclear program only if the United States abandons its antagonist policies toward Pyongyang.
A great many observers and analysts have also pointed out that any progress toward denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula hinges on the improvement of U.S.-DPRK ties.
In the past few years, the United States has used various pressure tactics including war games and economic sanctions against Pyongyang, and even refused some rare goodwill gestures by the DPRK.
In response to the DPRK's latest nuclear test, the United States flew a massive nuclear-capable bomber over South Korea, and it is also gearing up to impose tighter sanctions on the DPRK.
However, history has proven that such pressure tactics could hardly succeed in subduing Pyongyang's nuclear ambition. On the contrary, they would harden Pyongyang's resolve to go further in its pursuit of nuclear capabilities.
The DPRK's nuclear brinkmanship, which indeed deserves worldwide condemnation given its potential to severely disturb regional stability and world peace, may well be seen as a desperate attempt by the country to raise its leverage in wrestling with the United States.
Some Western media and politicians have piled blame on China for failing to halt the DPRK's nuclear program. But accusing China of being the crux of the ongoing nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula is as absurd as it is irresponsible.
As a neighbor of the DPRK, China is exposed to a great level of risk should a nuclear emergency occur in the DPRK.
China has the strongest motivation to push forward the denuclearization process on the Korean Peninsula, and has played a tremendously positive role in the six-party talks and other endeavors to that effect.
As the Korean Peninsula threatens to become a powder keg, it is imperative that all sides exercise restraint and refrain from any actions that may escalate tension in the region.
The United States and its allies in the region need to make a convincing case about their proclaimed commitment to stability on the Korean Peninsula and beyond.
The DPRK, in the meantime, needs to understand that its repeated failure to honor its non-proliferation obligations will lead to its further isolation by the international community.
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Iran on Tuesday reopened the last two border posts with Iraqi Kurdistan that it closed in response to an independence vote rejected by Baghdad and neighboring countries, officials said.
The Iranian consulate in the Kurdish autonomous region's capital Arbil announced the Parwezkhan and Haji Omran posts were beginning work again ""from Tuesday.""
A Kurdish spokesman at Parwezkhan confirmed the post had ""reopened officially at 9 am"" after notification was received from the Iranian side.
The opening of the two posts means that all crossings on the border between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan are now up and running after a third post at Bashmaq started working again in October.
Iran first announced on December 18 the reopening of all its border posts with Iraqi Kurdistan, without setting a specific date.
Iraq's Kurds voted overwhelmingly in a controversial non-binding referendum in September to establish their own country, but the vote was deemed illegal by the central government.
Neighboring Iran and Turkey also condemned the poll over concerns that it could stir up their own Kurdish minorities.
In the wake of the vote Baghdad moved to isolate the region by imposing an international flight ban - recently extended through February - and urging neighboring nations to sever links.
(Agencies)
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CHENGDU, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A Sanxingdui culture-themed post office opened Tuesday in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The post office has a unique postmark, a picture of a bronze human statue in the Sanxingdui Ruins.
It also sells various Sanxingdui cultural products such as the Sanxingdui masked doll.
""We hope to make the post office into a wall-less museum and bring the Sanxingdui culture to more people,"" said Zhu Jiake, deputy curator of Sanxingdui Museum.
Listed among China's top 10 archaeological findings of the 20th century, the Sanxingdui Ruins, covering an area of 12 square kilometers, were found in Guanghan City in Sichuan.
They are believed to be remnants of the Shu Kingdom that suddenly disappeared some 3,000 years ago.
In 1988, the Sanxingdui Ruins were put under state-level protection.
The site welcomes about 800,000 visitors each year.
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