SEOUL — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will make a rare trip to North Korea next week to meet with Kim Jong Un, Xi’s first such trip in seven years and a major opportunity for Kim to show Washington that he has powerful friends, even if he is shunned by the West.
Xi to visit North Korea, showing China’s importance to a nuclear-armed neighbor
Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrive for a reception marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing in September. (Florence Lo/Reuters)
