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North Korea has been fueling fears of World War 3 by ignoring calls from the international community to end its weapons' development programme. And North Korea expert Gordon Chang warned the US should prepare to fight off both Kim Jong-un and its allies China and Russia. He said: "I think you need to have an honest conversation with the American people. "That honest conversation has to take into account that we could end up in a war not only with North Korea but with its big-power sponsor China, and maybe even Russia.

MSNBC/CGTN/GETTY North Korea: Expert warns US to prepare for war with Kim Jong-un's allies in Russia and China

"I’m not saying World War 3 is the end result but it is a possibility because the Chinese have already told us that." The author of 'Nuclear Showdown" said Beijing had already signalled it would take Pyongyang's side in a conflict despite pledging to help defuse the tension with the rogue East Asian nation. Speaking to Fox News, Mr Chang continued: "In August, Beijing signalled that if the United States struck North Korea first then it would come in on North Korea’s side. "We now actually got to do something because we caught the Chinese red-handed and really there’s no more room for giving them more chances." China was recently caught allowing oil to enter North Korea in spite of widely approved United Nations' sanctions forbidding oil trade with Pyongyang.

North Korea has shown us its new missile Thu, November 30, 2017 The missile dubbed the Hwasong-15 was shot into the sky before plunging down into the Sea of Japan Play slideshow REUTERS 1 of 16 North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is seen as the newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15Ã•s test was successfully launche

We could end up in a war not only with North Korea but with its big-power sponsors, China and maybe even Russia Gordon Chang