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China's Xi Jinping lands in North Korea for rare, high-stakes visit

China's Xi Jinping lands in North Korea for rare, high-stakes visit
France 24 Monday 08 June 2026, 10:35 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. China's Xi Jinping lands in North Korea for rare, high-stakes visit Asia / Pacific Issued on: Share Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang for a rare state visit, his first there in seven years. The visit is set to have big ramifications on bilateral ties and beyond as both countries hope to reignite their traditional alliance in the face of separate confrontations with the US. FRANCE 24's Yena Lee tells us more from Beijing.
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