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The article discusses the impact that the North Korean government's testing of a nuclear weapon, under its leader Kim Jong-un, had on relations between the great powers U.S. and China, including in regard to the U.S.'s relations with South Korea and Chinese President Xi Jinping's relations with North Korea.

The article focuses on how North Korea's testing of a nuclear weapon may impact the relationship between North Korea and China. According to the article, the test, which occurred 50 miles from China's border, may be viewed as hurting the efforts that Chinese President Xi Jinping has made to stabilize relations with North Korea, which has been ruled by the dictator Kim Jong-un since 2011.

The article focuses on the diplomatic issues due to North Korea's nuclear weapons program and American antimissile system in South Korea. Topics discussed are credibility of the U.S. President Donald Trump among Asian allies, China's effort for territorial claim in Fiery Cross Reef, South China Sea, and human rights concern in Thailand and Phiippines.

The article reports that the president of China Xi Jinping, in a private meeting with the U.S. president Barack Obama at Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, warned against putting too much pressure on North Korea which carried out its third nuclear test in seven year in 2013.

The article reports that the United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea over testing of a nuclear weapon. China may or may not support stronger economic sanctions that would impact North Korea's nuclear weapons development program and the U.S. has questioned whether the test of a nuclear weapon was a hydrogen bomb as claimed by North Korea.

The article reports that the U.S. government has confirmed the launched of the Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) by North Korea during the celebration of the Fourth of July in the U.S.