N.Korea crisis reveals impatience with Chinese caution: "The failure of China's call for emergency talks on North Korea's latest act of aggression indicates the United States and its allies are tiring of Beijing coddling Pyongyang, analysts said Thursday.
China may face further isolation over the issue and the loss of its coveted image as a 'responsible' regional peacemaker unless it gets tougher on its wayward neighbour, they said.
Beijing on Sunday called for international consultations in Beijing over North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island last week -- a proposal quickly rejected by the United States, South Korea and Japan.
Instead, the three allies will hold talks in Washington next week, in an apparent snub to Beijing"
