our own k.t. mcfar land, who i spoke to today, this crisis is an important test of china's intention and its power. listen. >> if china doesn't pull in north korea and use its authority and ability to influence that event, then i think you have to draw two conclusions. one, china doesn't want to play by the rules of the global order. and it really is a rogue super power or, number two, can't do this? are you really as powerful as you tell us you are? this is china's test case. >> white house officials insist that china they believe will do what is necessary and that there will be, quote, progress on multilateral discussions in the next few days, shep. >> shepard: jonathan, no matter what the opinions may be on this wiki leaks document dump, through it we got a never before seen dump on china's views. >> south korean officials quoted in some of those leaked cables published on the wikileaks web site say that china does not