On November 2, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference. A Yonhap News Agency reporter asked a question. I have two questions. The first one is that the North Korean Missile Administration conducted a tactical ballistic missile dispersion combat force assessment test on October 31. This test violates the UN Security Council resolution on the North Korea issue, and this test comes at a time when South Korea is proposing military talks with North Korea, and North Korea has yet to respond. How does the Chinese side evaluate North Korea's tests? Second, on October 31, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation pointed out that North Korea is behind the cyber attack on Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The assets stolen in this case were about 6.3 billion US dollars. US President Trump said that if this were true, he would discuss this issue with North Korea. How does the Chinese side view this incident and President Trump's related statements? Mao Ning said that with regard to the first issue, the Chinese side has taken note of the relevant reports, and has also noticed that North Korea has stated its position many times on recent military developments in the US, South Korea, and Japan. We hope that the parties concerned will face up to the root causes of the peninsula issue, adhere to the general direction of political settlement, and make efforts to ease tension and maintain regional peace and stability. “Your second question, we don't understand the situation.” Mao Ning said.

On November 2, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mao Ning presided over a regular press conference. A Yonhap News Agency reporter asked a question. I have two questions. The first one is that the North Korean Missile Administration conducted a tactical ballistic missile dispersion combat force assessment test on October 31. This test violates the UN Security Council resolution on the North Korea issue, and this test comes at a time when South Korea is proposing military talks with North Korea, and North Korea has yet to respond. How does the Chinese side evaluate North Korea's tests? Second, on October 31, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation pointed out that North Korea is behind the cyber attack on Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The assets stolen in this case were about 6.3 billion US dollars. US President Trump said that if this were true, he would discuss this issue with North Korea. How does the Chinese side view this incident and President Trump's related statements? Mao Ning said that with regard to the first issue, the Chinese side has taken note of the relevant reports, and has also noticed that North Korea has stated its position many times on recent military developments in the US, South Korea, and Japan. We hope that the parties concerned will face up to the root causes of the peninsula issue, adhere to the general direction of political settlement, and make efforts to ease tension and maintain regional peace and stability. “Your second question, we don't understand the situation.” Mao Ning said.