As North Korea continues to recede from diplomacy with the U.S., Kim Jong Un sent a clear message of friendship to the country’s longstanding ally, Beijing: Kim visited a cemetery honoring Chinese veterans of the Korean War and sent a basket of flowers to a symbolic monument, state media reported on Thursday.

Oct. 19 marked the 70th anniversary of Chinese forces entering the Korean War, and Kim honored the occasion by “paying a high tribute” to fallen soldiers at the Cemetery of the Martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) in North Korea’s Hoechang County. At the ceremony, the DPRK