North Korean state media coverage revolved around Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to Pyongyang this week, using the trip to cast Kim Jong Un as a leader of global importance.

The party daily Rodong Sinmun published an extended edition on Tuesday devoted to Xi’s first state visit in seven years, underscoring that it was the Chinese leader’s first foreign trip this year. State TV also aired wall-to-wall coverage of Xi’s visit early in the week.

However, the coverage selectively omitted information that China published in its own readout, showing how