Warmbier, who spent 17 months imprisoned in North Korea for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster on a student trip to Pyongyang, was returned to the USA in a comatose state on June 13.
North Korean threats, trade tensions and global terrorism are expected to be among the issues discussed at the inaugural U.S.
The Rodong Sinmun commentary suggests that the USA government is suffering from its own crisis, which could include "the impeachment of Trump", and that the president is now considering a preemptive strike against North Korea because of his "tough situation" at home.
Trump tweeted on the eve of the security dialogue that, "While I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi and China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out".
While a U.S. -Chinese trade war looks unlikely, the world's two biggest economies need to work together at a time of "many uncertainties" over U.S. interest rates, Britain's pending departure from the European Union and pressure for trade controls, said former Chinese trade official Wei Jianguo.
The death of an American college student after his imprisonment in North Korea is threatening to overshadow the talks at the State Department.
While the US officials stressed agreement on the goal of North Korean denuclearization, the talks also dealt with China's sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea, with the Americans reaffirming opposition to Beijing's militarization of islands it is building in the strategic waterway.
North Korea says Otto Warmbier's death 'is a mystery to us'
Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in March 2016 for stealing a propaganda poster from a Pyongyang hotel. KCNA didn't provide details of how Warmbier was treated or what might have caused him to lapse into a coma.
President Donald Trump has been counting on China to use its economic leverage with North Korea's totalitarian government.
The U.S. side says North Korea will get "top billing" in the discussions.
US and Chinese diplomats and defense chiefs are meeting later Wednesday in Washington for security talks.
Geng said tensions in the South China Sea have cooled amid efforts by China and the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations to cement a code of conduct that would ostensibly help them avoid conflicts.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appears at news conference with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis following a Diplomatic and Security Dialogue Meeting with a Chinese delegation including State Counselor Yang Jiechi and military Chief of Joint Staff Fang Fenghui, at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2017.
"Under certain circumstances, we are willing to talk in terms of freezing the nuclear testing or missile testing".
Geng said both bilateral and worldwide issues would be taken up during the dialogue, which will be led on the US side by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. He was held for almost a year-and-a-half in North Korea before being sent home in a coma last week. The Young Pioneer Tours agency built up a business attracting young travelers with cut-rate, hard-partying adventures into one of the world’s most isolated countries.
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