Déjà vu all over again: Kim Jong Un returns to Beijing



Analysis Déjà vu all over again: Kim Jong Un returns to Beijing The North Korean leader's visits to China appear increasingly routine Adam Cathcart January 9, 2019 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCNA Watching Kim Jong Un glide into Beijing for the fourth time since his New Year’s Day speech of 2018, there is an emerging feeling of familiarity around this diplomatic pattern. The questions are increasingly familiar, too. Questions like: is China going to lighten its finger on the United Nations scales or obliterate whatever is left of the sanctions enforcement regime along its long land border with North Korea and in the port of Dalian? (Quite possibly.) Is Kim Jong Un in Beijing simply to poke the belligerent Americans on behalf of his Chinese comrades? (Answering this question with an unqualified © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Déjà vu all over again: Kim Jong Un returns to Beijing

The North Korean leader's visits to China appear increasingly routine

Adam Cathcart January 9, 2019

Déjà vu all over again: Kim Jong Un returns to Beijing

KCNA

Watching Kim Jong Un glide into Beijing for the fourth time since his New Year’s Day speech of 2018, there is an emerging feeling of familiarity around this diplomatic pattern.

The questions are increasingly familiar, too.

Questions like: is China going to lighten its finger on the United Nations scales or obliterate whatever is left of the sanctions enforcement regime along its long land border with North Korea and in the port of Dalian? (Quite possibly.)

Is Kim Jong Un in Beijing simply to poke the belligerent Americans on behalf of his Chinese comrades? (Answering this question with an unqualified