The United States maintains that the self-described satellite launch would violate U.N.Security Council Resolution 1718, which bans North Korean nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests, and was approved after Pyongyang's 2006 nuclear test.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

So the idea that the North Korean nuclear test will turn China and North Korea into enemies is incorrect.

BBC: China media: Pyongyang pressure

Following a North Korean nuclear test in October 2006, the United States tightened sanctions, imposing an embargo on luxury goods, including cognac, cigars, plasma televisions, beer, iPods, Rolex watches, diamonds, wine, yachts and Harley Davidson motorcycles.

NPR: Officially Sanctioned: A Guide to the U.S. Blacklist

This point was brought home clearly by both Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's immediate verbal response to the North Korean nuclear test on Monday and by Iran's provocative launch of warships in the Gulf of Aden the same day.

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