Is Latest North Korean Nuclear Test Directed More Towards the United States or China?

It will be interesting to see if this was in fact a hydrogen bomb or just more bluster from North Korea.  North Korea claims the nuclear test is directed towards being a deterrent towards the United States, but I think  it is becoming more of a deterrent against the Chinese government which the Kim regime has an increasingly rocky relationship with:

North Korea has carried out its fourth nuclear test, claiming that it succeeded in developing a hydrogen bomb.

Hours after a massive tremor was detected from the northeastern part of North Korea where its nuclear facility is located, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday officially announced the test.

The state-run media carried the North Korean government’s statement, which said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered a hydrogen bomb test.

While calling the test “completely successful,” the KCNA claimed that its weapons program is a nuclear deterrent against the threats from the United States.  [KBS World Radio]

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