The official state-run newspaper in northeastern China's city of Jilin, near the border with North Korea, on Wednesday published a page of "common-sense" advice on how readers can protect themselves from a nuclear attack or explosion.

China has voiced grave concern over North Korea's nuclear and missiles program, as well as calling on the United States and South Korea to stop provoking Pyongyang.

U.S. bombers were to fly over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday as part of a large-scale joint military drills with South Korea. The North has warned that the drills would push the Korean Peninsula to the "brink of war."