Barack Obama and China's President Xi Jinping are prepared to confront North Korea in the midst of what has become a growing discord between the insular country and the rest of the world.<br />Both leaders pledged to confront North Korea as Kim Jong Un expands upon his nuclear arsenal.<br />"President Xi and I are both committed to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," Obama said.<br />The Chinese government appears to be cooperating with the Obama administration's wishes by passing stringent U.N. sanctions that aim to cripple the north.<br />The two sides left a meeting held this week vowing t collaborate to improve nuclear security.<br />The countries come together at an important time as North Korea has tested hydrogen bombs in the last couple of weeks.
