In a China's Global Times, published by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily, editorial

Says

  • "China should also make clear that if North Korea launches missiles that threaten U.S. soil first and the U.S. retaliates, China will stay neutral,"
  • "If the U.S. and South Korea carry out strikes and try to overthrow the North Korean regime and change the political pattern of the Korean Peninsula, China will prevent them from doing so."

Reuters have the report, more here