Hua also said it is "irresponsible" to blame Beijing for regional tensions after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on China to use the "powerful tool" of oil to persuade Pyongyang to reconsider its "current path"

By comparing these figures, Pew seems to suggest that China and the US are engaging in a popularity contest in the Philippines

BEIJING - China on Friday urged all relevant parties to avoid any action that may increase tension on the Korean Peninsula after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it might test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific Ocean

It was the first primary school in the country to do so

The epicenter was roughly the same with a similar shallow earthquake on Sept 3, which turned out to be caused by a nuclear test by the DPRK