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China's anger at N. Korea overcomes worry over US

BEIJING - A show of force by US stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula after talk of war by Pyongyang has caused only minor concern in China, a measure of Beijing's belief that the North is to blame for the tensions and that hostilities are not imminent.
The presence of US forces in places like South Korea and Japan has long worried Beijing, feeding its fears that it is being surrounded and "contained" by Washington and its allies, especially following the US strategic pivot to Asia.
The flying of B-2 and F-22 stealth jets in joint exercises with South Korea, bringing US military might virtually to China's doorstep, has barely generated a response from Beijing except for a generic call for calm and restraint.