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China's President Xi Jinping to Visit North Korea on June 8‑9

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to travel to North Korea next week, marking his first visit in six years, after the regime unveiled a new facility for producing nuclear‑bomb materials.

    1. We remain cautious, but small signs like the North Korean women's soccer team coming down to South Korea are fueling hopes of a possible shift in circumstances.
    2. Of course that will be a point of discussion. A huge tectonic plate is in motion.
    3. Now is the time for us to solemnly consider the stability, peace and mutual prosperity of the Korean Peninsula amid major shifts in the political landscape of Northeast Asia.
    1. As North Korea builds closer ties with Russia, China seeks to use Xi's trip to reassert its influence over Pyongyang and safeguard its strategic interests in northeast Asia.
    1. Xi will be able to act as the messenger who relays messages that either Lee or Trump wishes to convey to North Korea.
    1. As Lee and Xi are on amicable terms and North Korea has also sent a women's soccer team to South Korea, there is the possibility that China can help initiate a thaw in inter-Korean relations.
    2. As the US becomes less interested in the Korean Peninsula due to its preoccupation with other matters such as the Iran war, this North Korea visit seems to be one aimed at strengthening China's influence on inter-Korean relations.