North Korea's Kim Jong Un met Xi Jinping on surprise visit to China

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




By Steven Jiang and Joshua Berlinger, CNN

Updated 0410 GMT (1210 HKT) March 28, 2018

Beijing (CNN) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first foreign trip since assuming power in 2011, meeting China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing and discussing giving up the country's nuclear weapons, according to Chinese state media.

Kim, who made the surprise trip to the Chinese capital at Beijing's request, said he felt compelled to personally inform President Xi of the rapid diplomatic developments on the Korean Peninsula in recent weeks, Xinhua reported.

The visit represents stunning shift for Kim, who appears to be fashioning himself as a leader in search of a peaceful solution to the crisis on the Korean Peninsula. It's in sharp contrast to 2017, when Kim oversaw a string of missile and nuclear tests that drew the ire of the international community.

Kim's trip was the first of three potential meetings with some of the world's most powerful leaders.

Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/27/asia/north-korea-kim-jong-un-china-visit/index.html

[Farmer-Rick]

1. I think China has just out maneuvered Trump

But that's a pretty easy thing to do.

Now, North Korea doesn't even have to offer Trump Ukrainian prostitutes.

[murielm99]

2. NK wins in this, too.

NK is a rogue state. They legitimize themselves if they can have their leader meet face-to-face with 45. Trump is so stupid he thinks all of this makes him look like a statesman.

[IcyPeas]

3. One of the key points from the article:

Kim traveled to China by train on March 25 and spent two days in Beijing

No personal jet? no air force one equivalent. He took the train.