Xi Jinping's trip to Pyongyang



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The Chinese president hopes to mollify Donald Trump and forget the protests in Hong Kong.

Beijing correspondent

Enloyed in a trade war with the United States, the Chinese leader has shot down a new map in the lead up to a much-anticipated meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump. Xi Jinping will perform a state visit to North Korea on Thursday and Friday, the first in fourteen years for a Chinese president.

"If Beijing succeeds in relaunching the denuclearization negotiations, it will show the US the considerable influence China can have on this issue"

Zhao Tong, researcher at Carnegie-Tsinhua Center

The timing of this surprise move has a special meaning just before the G20 meeting in Osaka, which will be attended by Chinese and American leaders later this month. The leaders of the two superpowers will take the opportunity to discuss the growing bilateral tensions, both commercially and technologically. Their interview was confirmed Tuesday by Donald Trump and the Chinese official press.

In this context, the Chinese president probably hopes that a role of conciliator in the North Korean nuclear issue will have a positive impact on Sino-US relations, argue …

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