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Xi Jinping meets Kim Jong-un

North Korea's Kim Jong Un rebalances ties between China and Russia, and gets fresh pledges of support from Beijing, while keeping his nuclear weapons off the agenda.

By Jennifer Pak

Has Xi Jinping’s North Korea visit helped cement China’s vital role?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea may have helped cement China’s “indispensable” role in ensuring regional stability and highlighted its importance to his host’s economy, analysts said. The Chinese president wrapped up his visit on Tuesday afternoon after reaching what he said was a “critical consensus” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Xi told a lunch at the Kumsusan State Guest House that he was ready to work with Kim to to “jointly guide China-North Korea relations...

By Fan Chen,Cao Jiaxuan

Xi meeting 'was a success for Kim Jong Un', experts says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Monte Francis, Edward Howell, Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford, says that this week's China-North Korea summit was a success for Kim Jong Un "because no mention of North Korea's nuclear program or denuclearisation took place" adding that "it shows that China, just akin to Russia, is silently accepting North Korea's status as a nuclear weapons state".

By Monte FRANCIS

China's Xi says he reached important consensus with Kim in North Korea visit, KCNA reports

Xi thanks Kim for 'fruitful' summit: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has received a letter from Chinese President Xi Jinping thanking him for "fruitful" summit talks and warm hospitality, Pyongyang's state media reported Wednesday. In the letter, Xi said the two leaders had exchanged views "in-depth" and reached "important common understanding" on issues of shared concerns that he said added "new substance" to relations between their countries, according to the report by the Korean Central News Agency. Describing the relationship a

By The Korea Herald