Anger at death

The death of American student Otto Warmbier after returning from North Korean imprisonment is stoking outrage in Washington and was threatening to overshadow high-level US-Chinese talks today. President Trump has been counting on China to use its economic leverage with Kim Jong Un’s totalitarian Government as US concern grows over North Korea’s nuclear arms programme. Top US and Chinese diplomats and defence chiefs are meeting in the US capital for security talks, and North Korea will get “top billing”, says Susan Thornton, the senior US diplomat for East Asia.