CNN: Kim Jong Un departs Beijing after meetings with Xi Jinping
Beijing (CNN)North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed Beijing Wednesday by train, marking an end to his surprise visit to the Chinese capital that comes as Washington and Pyongyang are trying to hammer out the details of a second summit.
Kim and his delegation are now expected to begin the 13-hour trip to the town of Dandong, which sits on the border between China and North Korea. Kim is expected to spend a total of four days in China, entering the country Monday and leaving early on Thursday.
The visit was Kim's third to Beijing and fourth to China since March 2018, in what was his first trip outside North Korea since assuming power in 2011. He arrived in Beijing in his famed armored train early Tuesday morning and held meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
China is North Korea's only real ally internationally and is Pyongyang's biggest trading partner by some margin.
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WNU Editor: No details were released on what was discussed. But my guess is that it was focused on two things. To grow the economic relationship, and what are China's expectations from the upcoming summits and discussions with U.S. and South Korean officials on how to propel the Korean peace talks forward.
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WNU, as always, your thoughts about what China is potentially up to are too benign, especially as we already know and have long established (including by some of your own posts on your blog) that China helped North Korea to bypass sanctions, sold them rocket fuel and mobile missile launchers, and side-negotiated with Kim during the first meeting @ Un & Trump in Singapore last year. The question of tariffs is connected, yes, but so is a nuclear proxy deterrent and poker card in the form of North Korea, and the potential issues of Taiwan and a conflict in the South China sea and transit routes via North Korea.. you are always a bit simplistic and nice when you talk about China.. I have pointed this out for two years now.. you always say you are not.. but then again.. just weird ;-)
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