Significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to DPRK

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president pays a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from June 8 to 9. Xi's visit is at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK. It is Xi's first overseas trip this year and his first state visit to the DPRK in seven years. On the significance of the visit on bilateral ties, here are insights from a scholar on these relations.

Guest: Zheng Jiyong, Dean of the Institute of Regional Studies, Tianjin Foreign Studies University. #China #XiJinping #DPRK #Korea #KimJongUn #Asia 00:00 - Significance of the visit 05:30 - Strategic communication 08:34 - Pragmatic cooperation

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