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Wang Yi meets Kim Jong-un in North Korea

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Lips, meet teeth. On April 10, top diplomat Wang Yi met with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un during a two-day visit to Pyongyang, the first visit by a Chinese foreign minister in six years. ICYMI: Last September, Kim traveled to Beijing to attend China’s Victory Day Parade, his first foreign...



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