Xi Cements Sway Over North Korea as Kim Names China Top Priority
Bloomberg.com • • world
Key Points:
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping with two days of lavish celebrations in Pyongyang, emphasizing the importance of China-North Korea ties.
- Kim referred to the relationship with China as “the most important top-priority strategic work,” signaling a shift back toward Beijing after years of closer ties with Moscow.
- This marked the first time Kim explicitly expressed such a strong prioritization of China to Xi, despite previously calling Russian President Vladimir Putin his “dearest friend.”