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Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson on Boston blasts, NKorea

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1. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Hua Chunying walking to podium 2. Cutaway of journalists 3. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Hua Chunying, spokesperson for Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "The Chinese national leaders and government are highly concerned about the death and injury of Chinese in the marathon bombing attacks. The Chinese foreign ministry and the Chinese consulate in New York have been working on it and have reached the families. The Chinese foreign ministry will continue to cooperate with all sides and properly handle the issue. One of the persons in charge of the Chinese consulate in New York has visited the injured (Chinese person) at Boston hospital. The injury is serious, but the condition is stable. The victim is not in life-threatening danger. The Chinese consulate in New York will provide the hospital all necessary assistance for the treatment of the victim." 4. Mid of journalists 5. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Hua Chunying, spokesperson for Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "The UN resolutions have made it very clear. China is a permanent member of the Security Council and a responsible member of global community. We will strictly observe the UN resolutions and perform international obligations." 6. Wide of journalists STORYLINE: China's Foreign Ministry expressed concern on Wednesday about the death and injury of Chinese people in Monday's bomb attacks on the Boston marathon. One of the three people killed in two blasts near the marathon's finish line was identified on Tuesday by the Shenyang Evening News, a state-run Chinese newspaper, as Lu Lingzi from the northeastern Chinese city. Lu was a graduate student at Boston University. The Chinese Consulate in New York said in a statement on Tuesday that another Chinese citizen was wounded and was in a stable condition following surgery. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Hua Chunying, addressing a regular news briefing on Wednesday in Beijing, said that China's national leaders and government were "highly concerned" about the Chinese people caught up in the bombings. She said the Chinese foreign ministry and the Chinese consulate in New York had contacted the families of the two victims and that the Chinese foreign ministry would "continue to cooperate with all sides and properly handle the issue." She said a senior person at the Chinese consulate in New York had visited the injured person in hospital and that the victim is "not in life-threatening danger." Hua also commented on China's relationship with North Korea amid international fears that Pyongyang may be preparing for another missile test. The North Korean regime is sustained by Chinese food and fuel and growing Chinese trade and investment. Hua said that China would "strictly observe the UN resolutions and perform international obligations" concerning North Korea. China has grown more critical of North Korea since the latter's third nuclear test in February, but Beijing remains wary of pushing the hardline communist regime too far. China says it wants a Korean Peninsula free from nuclear weapons, but that all sides, including the United States, must play a role in that. China was displeased by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's lack of outreach and lack of concern for Beijing's interests, and signed up to tighter UN sanctions following the North's latest nuclear test. Chinese authorities have since stepped up customs inspections and checks on suspect financial transactions by North Korean banks. But China's strategic interests in having an ally on its southern border haven't changed, and it is unlikely that Beijing will abandon Pyongyang and cut the economic lifeline that China provides. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/95cd7702d6c6a450d62f88d9ee6e7398 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork