Park-Xi summit to focus on Pyongyang's nuclear program, Japan's historical disputes
Now,... Chinese President Xi's visit to Seoul... comes during a period of tense diplomatic relations in Northeast Asia,... not to mention amid a series of missile launches by the North.
Our Yoo Li-an reports on the implications of his visit this time around, the topics that will top the agenda at his summit meeting with President Park Geun-hye,.. and how the outcome could shape the regional dynamics.
President Xi Jinping's visit will mark the first time for a Chinese leader to visit Seoul before Pyongyang -- a strategic move that's being seen as a stern warning against North Korea's nuclear threats.
Naturally, North Korea's nuclear program will top the agenda at Thursday's summit,... where the two leaders are expected to issue a joint statement on the issue.
Strong words against North Korea's nuclear program will lump more pressure on the isolated regime,.. and mark a shift away from the traditionally closer ties between North Korea and China.
Against the backdrop of Japan's continued efforts to backtrack on its apologies for historical wrongdoings,... Tokyo's recent attempts to whitewash history will also be up for discussion.
It's only natural the two leaders talk about Japan. They'll discuss Japan's historical issues and its push to deny historical facts.
China has seen its relations with Japan sink to their lowest levels in recent years,... from territorial disputes in the East China Sea over a group of islands,... as well as Japan's move to undermine its 1993 apology for its wartime atrocities.
It's a similar story for Korea,.. but as it needs to maintain its strategic trilateral relations with the United States and Japan,... attention is on whether the two will be able to issue a joint statement against Japan's recent moves.
China and Korea may make headway on the economic front though.
Observers say the two leaders will likely focus on their free trade agreement during the summit.
Considering the two countries are nearing the tail end of negotiations,... there's growing expectation the FTA could be ready to go before the end of the year.
The two countries began negotiations back in 2012 and have held 11 rounds of talks since then.
Yoo Li-an, Arirang News.
Korea-China summit: leaders express firm opposition to North Korea's nuclear ambitions
President Park Geun-hye and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Seoul on this Thursday, where the two leaders reaffirmed a commitment to their strategic cooperative partnership and shared their positions on North Korea's nuclear program.
They did not, however,... specifically mention Tokyo's recent historical denials during their joint news conference.
Choi You-sun has more.
Presidents Park and Xi's message for North Korea Thursday was certainly a step up from last year's use of the phrase grave threat regarding the North's nuclear program.
President Xi and I reaffirmed our firm opposition to nuclear arms development on the Korean peninsula, and that only denuclearizing the peninsula and maintaining peace and stability in the region would benefit the six-party talks nations.
Emphasizing that the denuclearization of North Korea should be achieved through the now-suspended six-party talks involving the two Koreas,... Presidents Park and Xi added that the right conditions must be met before reviving the dialogue.
This reflects Seoul's position that Pyongyang first needs to show its commitment to denuclearize.
The Chinese leader also positively assessed President Park's policy of trust-building and having more humanitarian exchanges with North Korea.
We have reaffirmed that the trust-building process on the Korean peninsula would establish trust between the two Koreas, improve inter-Korean ties and lay the foundation for sustainable peace on the peninsula.
As for Seoul-Beijing ties, the two leaders assessed their strategic cooperative partnership, and agreed to take it to the next level by holding regular political and security meetings and increasing people-to-people exchanges.
On the economic front, Presidents Park and Xi agreed to work toward concluding their free trade negotiations by the year's end, and to open their currency trade markets to spur bilateral trade and investments.
Attention now shifts to how Pyongyang will react to Seoul and Beijing's firm opposition to its nuclear ambitions. While very cautious to criticize its traditional ally, experts suggest North Korea may turn away from China for now and focus on improving ties with Japan and Russia.
Choi You-sun, Arirang News.
PRIME TIME NEWS President Park and Chinese leader Xi stand in agreement on not tolerating North
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President Park and Chinese leader Xi stand in agreement on not tolerating North Korea's nuclear program as Pyongyang offered threats of preemptive strikes in response to the latest Korea-U.S. military exercises.
And we have analysis of the recent Security Consultative meeting between Seoul and Washington which outlines a new 'tailored deterrence strategy' against North Korean provocations.
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Title: Pres. Park asks for China's support to persuade N. Korea to abandon its nuclear program
We begin in Bali where President Park Geun-hye took part in this year's APEC summit.
She held a series of one-on-one meetings on the sidelines of the global gathering including one on North Korea-related matters with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
For more on her second day on the tropical Indonesian island, our presidential office correspondent Eoh Jin-joo who is traveling with the president files this report. President Park Geun-hye has asked China to persuade North Korea to make the right decision and give up its nuclear ambitions.
During a bilateral summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the official opening of the APEC summit on Monday, President Park stressed that Pyongyang should not put everything it has into nuclear development, when so many North Koreans are suffering from chronic malnutrition.
I ask China to do its best in persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program and focus on economic development.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Seoul before N. Korea signals change in..
South Korea will welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to Seoul this week... in a visit that could signal a significant shift in the region's complicated power dynamics.
The Chinese leader, breaking with tradition in visiting the South before his country's traditional ally in Pyongyang, will discuss ways to help denuclearize the Korean peninsula during talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
Park Ji-won reports.
This week's trip will mark the first time ever for a Chinese leader to visit South Korea before North Korea.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Seoul for two days starting this Thursday in a visit that is expected to send a strong message to Beijing's traditional ally.
Relations between China and North Korea have soured in recent months.
Beijing was not happy when Pyongyang went ahead with a third nuclear test in February of last year despite China's warnings.
China's leadership was also deeply disappointed by the purge and subsequent execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's uncle Jang Song-thaek late last year.
Jang, who enjoyed a good relationship with Beijing, had made major contributions to an expansion of commercial ties with China.
While measures to end Pyongyang's nuclear program are expected to top the agenda during their bilateral summit talks, President Xi and South Korean President Park Geun-hye will also discuss other issues, including ways to deepen their economic cooperation.
Watchers say that, as China is South Korea's top trade partner and South Korea has the highest number of Chinese language proficiency test takers,...it's only natural the two countries' ties have strengthened.
The summit meeting also signifies a shift in multilateral relations in Northeast Asia,... where the traditional cold-war front of South Korea, the U.S., and Japan versus North Korea, China, and Russia is looking increasingly more complex.
While South Korea and China continue to butt heads with Japan over various historical and territorial disputes,... Japan and North Korea are taking strides to normalize their once-frosty bilateral relations.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.
Pres. Park, Xi speak on phone over N. Korean nuke issues
박 대통령, 북핵 해결 위해 시진핑 주석과 통화
Our top story tonight.... President Park Geun-hye spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the phone late Friday night... about North Korea's nuclear program and its latest announcement to launch a long-range missile.
We go to our Presidential Office Correspondent Song Ji-sun, who's on the line with us.
Ji-sun, an historic phonecall before the holiday - as the North has indicated it will launch the rocket some within the next several weeks from Monday.
Good evening, Daniel.
During their 45-minute phonecall ... made by Xi, the two leaders discussed countermeasures on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions, as well as strengthening bilateral ties in various aspects.
Park stressed that Pyongyang's continued threats and its nuclear ambitions pose a serious threat in the region... and the international community must come up with strong sanctions that can actually change North Korea.
President Park called for China's active cooperation in imposing effective sanctions on North Korea... as Beijing is a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
This is the FIRST time a Chinese leader has spoke on the phone with a South Korean president about a North Korean nuke test... since North Korean conducted its first test in 2006. A day after the fourth test on Jan. 6, Park spoke with U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a day later.
Beijing's representative to the six-party nuclear talks, Wu Dawei, visited Pyongyang on Tuesday, but Pyongyang announced an apparent plan for a long-range missile test that day... forging with its nuclear ambitions.
President Park previously proposed six-party talks without North Korea... an idea Beijing has not warmed up to.
The presidential office, the National Security Council and the defense ministry in Seoul are on full standby over the five-day Lunar New Year holiday... as Pyongyang offered a window for the launch from February 8 until the 25... sometime between 7 in the morning and noon.
This has been Song Ji-sun at Seoul's presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae.
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Korea Today - Park heads to China for first summit with Xi 한중정상회담 분석
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye headed to China Thursday for her first summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is Park's second overseas trip since taking office in late February. In May, she visited the United States and held summit talks with President Barack Obama. The four-day trip to China also includes a stop in the ancient western city of Xian later this week. We take a look at the outcome of the summit.
한중 정상은 이번 회담에서 북한 비핵화와 경제 협력 등 다양한 의제를 놓고 대화를 나누었다. 박근혜 대통령과 시진핑 중국 국가주석이 27일 오후 정상회담을 마치고 예정데로 한중 미래비전 공동성명을 발표했다. 정상회담의 성과와 결과에 대해 분석해본다.
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Presidents Park and Xi talk about ferry disaster, North Korea
Any time the presidents of South Korea and China talk,... the topic of North Korea usually dominates the conversation.
But the Sewol-ho ferry disaster was foremost, on the minds of Presidents Park Geun-hye and Xi Jinping Wednesday... when they spoke by phone.
Kim Min-ji reports.
In a phone conversation Wednesday,... President Park Geun-hye thanked Chinese leader Xi Jinping for his words of comfort to the victims of the ill-fated Sewol-ho ferry disaster,... and expressed sadness that some Chinese passengers were still among the missing.
Xi said he was also deeply saddened by the fact that the majority of the missing and deceased were young students.
He added that his thoughts were with the victims and their families.
The Chinese president also said that Beijing will provide search and rescue assistance to Seoul.
The two leaders also talked about North Korea.
President Park urged her Chinese counterpart to dissuade Pyongyang from carrying out a fourth nuclear test,... saying it would change the security paradigm in Northeast Asia.
Park said another nuclear test could start an arms race,... and create a nuclear domino effect in the region.
North Korea carried out nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013.
President Park added that a fourth test could also hamper efforts to resume the stalled multi-national talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea.
Xi reassured Park that both nations share the same interest of a denuclearized North Korea.
He said that Beijing would do its best to help maintain peace and stability on the peninsula.
The Chinese leader added that he would encourage dialogue between the related parties,... and also expressed support for the trust-building process initiated by Park and for a peaceful unification of the two Koreas.
Kim Min-ji, Arirang News.
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Chinese president arrives for visit to bolster trade with South Korea
Chinese president Xi Jinping arrived in South Korea on Thursday for a two-day summit that simultaneously snubs North Korea and looks to bolster an already booming trade relationship with the South.
Xi and the first lady Peng Liyuan arrived at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, around noon, and were greeted by South Korean officials.
Xi will meet with South Korean President Park Geun-hye later on Thursday, and hold a joint press conference at the South Korean Presidential office.
North Korea made its anger clear ahead of Xi's arrival with a flurry of rocket and missile tests, the latest on Wednesday.
Chinese presidents have previously chosen Pyongyang over Seoul as their first destination on the Korean Peninsula.
Beijing is Pyongyang's only major ally and crucial provider of fuel and food.
Xi's choice to meet with Park over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, highlights Beijing's interest in nurturing trade and diplomacy with Seoul, and shows its aversion to Pyongyang's destabilising pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrived in Beijing on Thursday for a four-day visit that marks the first formal discussions between Park and the new Chinese administration led by President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.
Her visit brings together North Korea's arch-rival and its biggest ally for meetings that will put Pyongyang under greater pressure to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks.
Park, a self-taught Mandarin speaker, has said she is keen to enlist the Chinese leaders in the drive for new North Korean denuclearisation discussions that also would include the US, Russia, and Japan.
The China-hosted talks have been stalled since 2009 over how to verify North Korea is fulfilling its commitments to dismantle its nuclear facilities.
Teaming up with China offers some hope for success, with Beijing showing signs of frustration with its neighbour and longstanding communist ally.
China was angered by the North's long-range rocket launch and carrying out of a third nuclear test earlier this year, leading Beijing to back tightened United Nations sanctions, crack down on North Korean banking activity, and urge Pyongyang to return to disarmament talks.
While China is North Korea's biggest source of diplomatic and economic support, their trade and other interactions dwarf those which China maintains with the South.
Ordinary Chinese are also big fans of South Korean pop culture and high-tech wares, and there is a growing sentiment among urban intellectuals that China should not sacrifice international credibility for the sake of coddling Pyongyang.
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North Korea: Kim Jong-un departs Pyongyang in surprise trip to China
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Tuesday left Pyongyang by train for a surprise visit to Beijing.
Accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju and other top officials, the Korean leader boarded a morning train departing for China for a four-day visit.
According to North's Korean Central News Agency, Kim's trip to China came after an invitation by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The two leaders are speculated to coordinate ahead of Kim's next round of negotiations with US President Donald Trump projected to be held early 2019.
While the Singapore Summit between Kim and Trump came as a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis of Korean Peninsula, progress has stalled since then.
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Park， Xi should discuss Korean reunification at upcoming summit： Hill
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President Park Geun－hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping may discuss the reunification of the two Koreas when they meet in Beijing next week for summit talks.
In an article posted on the Project Syndicate website on Thursday， former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill claimed... North Korea is on the brink of collapse.
He added South Korea and China should discuss the aftermath of the South′s potential absorption of the communist state once it becomes unable to function.
Hill，... the former chief U.S. nuclear negotiator with Pyongyang，... labelled Kim Jong－un a leader worse than his father and grandfather.
On the reclusive regime′s latest military standoff with South Korea， Hill said Kim created a crisis for no apparent reason and gained little from it.
Xi Leaves Pyongyang after State Visit
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President Xi Jinping left Pyongyang Friday afternoon after concluding a two-day state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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China celebrates WWII victory， President Park attends military parade
박 대통령， 중
China commemorated the 70th anniversary of its victory over Japan in World War Two with grand celebrations， watched all around the globe.
President Park Geun－hye， along with dozens of world leaders have joined Chinese President Xi Jinping for the ceremony， the highlight of which， a massive military parade through Beijing′s Tiananmen Square.
Our Choi You－sun ， who′s traveling with President Park sent us this report.
Under clear skies， tens of thousands of people gathered at Tiananmen Square to celebrate China′s victory in World War Two following Japan′s surrender 70 years ago.
Addressing the crowd， President Xi Jinping paid tribute to the Chinese who fought and defeated Japan′s aggressions in the War.
He also vowed to cut 300－thousand of China′s military personnel.
Looking over Tiananmen Square， President Park Geun－hye was seated on President Xi′s right， two seats away and next to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
This reflects how much Seoul and Beijing′s relations have developed in stark contrast to Beijing′s ties with traditional ally Pyongyang.
North Korean leader Kim Jong－un did not attend， with his envoy Choe Ryong－hae seated a distance from the Chinese leader.
Some 12－thousand troops， 2－hundred aircraft， as well as tanks and missiles were showcased through the Square， and Chinese state media reported that some 80 percent of the machinery was unveiled for the first time.
President Park′s attendance at the Chinese military parade， the centerpiece of Thursday′s ceremonies， garnered media attention after U.S. President Barack Obama and most Western leaders， decided not to attend.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was also absent.
The Western states view the parade as both anti－Japanese and Beijing′s way of flaunting its military prowess amid growing tensions in the region.
The Korean president′s attendance is viewed as Seoul′s way of trying to take the diplomatic initiative in the region... and balance its relations with key ally， Washington， and major regional partner， Beijing.
″After the parade， President Park joined other VIP guests at a luncheon hosted by President Xi， where he is reported to have ordered officials to provide extra care for the Korean leader. President Park now travels to Shanghai， to mark the re－opening of the headquarters of Korea′s provisional government during Japan′s colonial rule.
Choi You－sun， Arirang News， Beijing.″
CHINESE PRESIDENT TO VISIT S. KOREA / KBS뉴스(News)
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Cheong Wa Dae reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping will definitely visit Korea in the first half of next year. The Presidential Office also revealed what the two leaders talked about expanded human exchanges. The bilateral summit is expected to produce many meaningful results as tension mounts in the region with Pyongyang and Washington deadlocked over nuclear talks.
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At a summit held in Beijing on Monday, President Moon Jae-in invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to make his first visit to Korea in five years.
[Soundbite] PRES. MOON JAE-IN : I hope to see you again in Seoul next year.
Seoul announced President Xi Jinping's answer that very day.
[Soundbite] KO MIN-JUNG(PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESWOMAN(DEC. 23, IN-FLIGHT BRIEFING)) : President Xi thanked for the invitation and said he would consider the visit.
The Chinese leader's visit became more feasible on Wednesday. Cheong Wa Dae said that although some final tuning remains, President Xi will definitely visit Korea in the first half of next year. Also, it's very likely that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will join the trilateral summit among South Korea, China and Japan slated for next year in Korea. Experts believe that depending on the timing, President Xi's visit to South Korea will likely leave far-reaching repercussions on the nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington as well as the denuclearization process on the Korean Peninsula. China may even lift its ban on Korean pop culture, which had been imposed following the deployment of the high-altitude missile defense system in Korea. The two leaders again discussed the ways to expand human exchanges between the two countries. President Moon proposed to designate the year 2022, when the two nations will be marking the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic ties, as the year of Korea-China culture and tourism exchanges, and start promoting bilateral human exchanges next year. President Xi supported the idea. Tension in the region
Korea-China summit: greater bilateral cooperation on security, economic issues
President Park Geun-hye and visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Seoul on this Thursday, where the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment towards their strategic cooperative partnership and shared their positions on North Korea's nuclear program.
For details, let's connect live to our presidential office correspondent Choi You-sun . You-sun.
Chery.
In their joint summit statement, Presidents Park and Xi assessed how far they've come in terms of their blueprint for joint development that was set during President Park's visit to Beijing last year.
At the joint press conference that ended just moments ago, the two leaders said they agreed to take their strategic cooperative partnership to the next level by setting their high-level political and security meetings as regular events and increasing defense cooperation for regional stability.
On the economic front, Presidents Park and Xi agreed to join efforts to conclude their free trade negotiations by the year's end, and to open their currency trade markets to spur bilateral trade and investments.
Seoul and Beijing signed a deal to guarantee increased protection for each other's citizens visiting their countries, and decided to designate 2015 and 2016 as Visit China and Visit Korea years.
You-sun, as expected the North Korea nuclear issue took up a large portion of the summit talks. What was President Park and Xi's key message for Pyongyang?
The South Korean and Chinese presidents expressed their firm opposition to nuclear weapon development on the Korean peninsula, and emphasized the need to achieve the peninsula's denuclearization through the six-party dialogue.
They were referring to the six-party talks, involving the two Koreas, China, the U.S., Japan and Russia that have been suspended for over five years.
Although North Korea's possible fourth nuclear test was not specified, the South Korean presidential office says today's message is certainly a step up from last year's use of the phrase grave threat regarding the North's nuclear program.
By stressing the six parties' 2005 statement and UN Security Council resolutions on the North's nuclear and missile programs, Beijing is thought to have reaffirmed its commitment to applying related sanctions on its traditional ally.
And the two leaders, by agreeing certain conditions must be met before returning to the six-way denuclearization talks, delivered their message to the North that it needs to show its commitment to give up its nuclear arms first.
The Chinese leader also positively assessed President Park's trust-building process with North Korea, which highlights a normalization of inter-Korean ties and humanitarian exchanges on a path towards a peaceful reunification.
Another highly-speculated security issue on the agenda was Japan and its recent historical backtracking and move to expand its military role in the region. But Seoul and Beijing didn't specifically refer to this in their statement?
In their joint statement, the two leaders are said to have decided to jointly study documents concerning the Japanese military's wartime sexual enslavement of women, mostly from Asia.
Regarding their relations with neighboring Japan, Presidents Park and Xi said the trilateral cooperation is essential for peace and co-prosperity in Northeast Asia.
I'm Choi You-sun, reporting on Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Seoul, and I'll be back with more details in our next newscast.
Chinese President Xi Jinping due for state visit to Seoul
Our top story this lunchtime...
Chinese President Xi Jinping starts a two-day state visit to South Korea... on this Thursday.
President Park Geun-hye is scheduled to hold summit talks with him later this afternoon.
Topping the agenda... will be efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions and Japan's shift to the right under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Economic cooperation will also be a major topic of discussion, with the two sides seeking speedy talks on a bilateral free trade agreement.
Choi You-sun has the details.
The South Korean presidential office is emphasizing that President Park Geun-hye and Chinese President Xi Jinping's special friendship was a key factor behind Xi's state visit to Seoul.
It's the first time a Chinese leader is coming to South Korea before paying a visit to Beijing's traditional ally, North Korea, and neighboring Japan.
Presidents Park and Xi, who first met in 2005, have made strong impressions on each other, and since taking office last year, they have met four times.
President Xi's decision to visit Seoul first will put more pressure on Pyongyang to lay down its nuclear weapons and return to negotiations.
Now the question is exactly how the two leaders will deliver their positions in a joint statement following Thursday's summit.
While South Korea wants a concrete expression of opposition to North Korea's fourth nuclear test, China wants to keep the general term 'denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.'
Also topping the agenda for the talks will be Tokyo's retreat from a historical apology to Seoul... and its attempts to expand its military presence.
Beijing, locked in a bitter territorial dispute with Tokyo, is expected to seek greater cooperation with Seoul on historical issues, but it's unlikely Presidents Park and Xi will specifically target Japan.
The amicable relations between Seoul and Beijing, and their mutual mistrust of Tokyo, is not a welcoming dynamic for Washington, which is looking to expand its influence in Asia.
China has been pressuring Korea not to take part in the U.S.-led anti-ballistic missile defense system. The U.S., on the other hand, has been urging Korea to take caution in participating in the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
On the economic front, the leaders of Korea and China will agree to speed up their FTA negotiations and set up a trade market for their respective currencies.
Choi You-sun, Arirang News.
Chinese President Xi makes back-to-back meetings with North Korea, US
Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his visit to North Korea. The visit has come just before he's set to meet US President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Japan. Mr Sean King, senior vice-president at Park Strategies, shared more on the significance of these two back-to-back meetings by the Chinese leader.
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