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Gates prods China on NKorea

SINGAPORE— US Defense Secretary Robert Gates challenged China on Saturday to deal realistically with the short-term question of how to respond to an antagonistic North Korea.
Asian nations cannot stand by in the face of North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean warship, Gates said during an international security summit Saturday that was dominated by questions about the North.
"To do nothing would set the wrong precedent," Gates said.