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Was Kim Jong-un the real winner from Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea?

The Chinese president’s visit may have vindicated the North Korean leader’s strategy of playing off China and Russia, analysts say.
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The Chinese president traveled to North Korea for the first time since 2019 to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two peoples. Some saw the real purpose of the visit as a counterbalance to the increasingly close relationship between Moscow and Pyongyang, but others said Xi's trip could have had more worrying reasons.

CNN commentator Portugal Filipe Santos Costa analyzes the meeting between the Chinese leader and his North Korean counterpart, who came to consolidate the strategic alliance between the two countries.

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South China Morning Post broke the news in Hong Kong on Saturday, June 13, 2026.
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