Chinese president pleads for peace as Trump warns the US is sending an 'armada' to North Korea and tells Kim Jong-un: 'You're doing the wrong thing!'

Chinese president pleads for peace as Trump warns the US is sending an 'armada' to North Korea and tells Kim Jong-un: 'You're doing the wrong thing!' 

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have spoken by phone in an apparent effort to avoid further escalation after Trump deployed the aircraft carrier-led strike group in a show of force to the Korean peninsula. The US president last night repeatedly accused Kim Jong-Un of doing 'the wrong thing'  as he talked up the power of the fleet heading towards the Korean peninsula. China has made clear its frustration with Pyongyang's stubbornness but Beijing's priority remains preventing any military flare-up that could bring chaos and instability to its doorstep. In his phone call with Trump, Xi stressed that China 'advocates resolving the issue through peaceful means,' the foreign ministry said. China is said to have moved 150,000 troops to its border to deal with a possible influx of North Korean refugees amid fears Trump may strike Kim Jong-un following the surprise US missile attack on Syria last week.