GT poll finds people scared of war (3)

Responding to a question about Kerry's trip, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei Friday said that China is willing to work with related parties to safeguard peace and stability on the peninsula and in Northeast Asia and push forward the denuclearization process.

Meanwhile, asked if China will assign a diplomat to engage the North, Hong said China has maintained close communication with all parties in a bid to resolve the problem and ease tensions.

Zhu Feng, a professor of international relations at Peking University, told the Global Times Friday that with the world now closely watching how China will deal with the issue, Beijing should publicly voice its resolute opposition against the North's unprecedented belligerence.

"No country would tolerate its threatening to the world. Instead of simply pressuring the North, China should negotiate with it," he said.

In the poll, when asked who held the key to easing the current tensions, more than 46 percent of respondents to the Global Times survey picked China, while 18.5 percent chose the US and 10 percent replied North Korea.

However, experts rejected the idea of China having such a determinant role.

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