Xi Jinping in North Korea for rare visit - Taipei Times

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North Korea’s commitment to its nuclear program has been a thorn in the relationship, as Beijing wants to see a denuclearized Korean Peninsula

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) yesterday made a rare visit to North Korea, where he met an emboldened North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who has drawn closer to Moscow while expanding his country’s nuclear weapons program. Xi’s trip to Pyongyang was his first since 2019 and came after he hosted a series of world leaders including US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. China, Washington’s chief geopolitical rival, has been North Korea’s main trading partner by far for decades and a key source of diplomatic and economic support for a country hit by international sanctions.

The national flags of North Korea and the People’s Republic of China are displayed on a street in Pyongyang yesterday.