{"id":2340,"date":"2026-06-08T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2026-06-08T07:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:00:31","slug":"xi-jinping-visits-north-korea-for-first-time-in-nearly-7-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/99chinatravel.com\/?p=2340","title":{"rendered":"Xi Jinping Visits North Korea for First Time in Nearly 7 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PHZ0As_kDIE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his first visit to North Korea in nearly seven years, holding talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang.<br \/>\nThe visit comes as Beijing seeks to reinforce its relationship with its longtime ally amid shifting geopolitical dynamics in East Asia. It also follows growing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, while negotiations over Pyongyang&#8217;s nuclear program with the United States remain at a standstill.<br \/>\nAnalysts say the meeting could signal closer coordination between China and North Korea on regional security, economic cooperation, and diplomatic strategy.<br \/>\nAl Jazeera&#8217;s Katrina Yu&#8217;s report from Beijing.<br \/>\n#China #NorthKorea #XiJinping #KimJongUn #Pyongyang #Russia #Geopolitics #Asia #WorldNews<br \/>\nSubscribe to our channel: http:\/\/bit.ly\/AJSubscribe<br \/>\nFollow us on X : https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJEnglish<br \/>\nFind us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aljazeera<br \/>\nCheck our website: http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/<br \/>\nCheck out our Instagram page: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aljazeeraenglish\/<br \/>\nDownload AJE Mobile App: https:\/\/aje.news\/AJEMobile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping is making his first visit to North Korea in nearly seven years, holding talks with North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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