{"id":145981,"date":"2026-06-09T08:40:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/analysis-why-chinas-xi-wants-a-brighter-future-with-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:40:30","slug":"analysis-why-chinas-xi-wants-a-brighter-future-with-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/analysis-why-chinas-xi-wants-a-brighter-future-with-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: Why China\u2019s Xi wants a \u2018brighter\u2019 future with North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<div data-editable=\"aiSummary\" class=\"article__ai-summary-wrapper\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ai-article-summary\/instances\/cmq6aotv500003b6r8gpts1dp@published\" class=\"ai-article-summary hidden\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-selector-brand=\"accent-ai\">\n    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Article Summary\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-ui-caret-up\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12.478 6.21a.637.637 0 00-.946 0L2.206 16.229c-.225.243-.28.633-.093.91.237.355.7.385.975.089l8.917-9.579 8.878 9.537c.225.243.589.301.847.101a.721.721 0 00.082-1.048L12.478 6.211z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__toggle-caret-down\" aria-label=\"Toggle Article Summary\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-ui-caret-down\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12.478 17.218a.637.637 0 01-.946 0L2.206 7.2c-.225-.242-.28-.632-.093-.91a.613.613 0 01.975-.088l8.917 9.579 8.878-9.538c.225-.242.589-.3.847-.1.33.255.357.752.082 1.048l-9.334 10.027z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"ai-article-summary__collapsible\">\n<ul class=\"ai-article-summary__items\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited North Korea for the first time in seven years to strengthen ties with leader Kim Jong Un.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">Xi notably omitted any mention of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a significant shift from his previous visit in 2019.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ai-article-summary__item\">The visit signals China&#8217;s effort to reassert its influence over Pyongyang as North Korea has grown closer to Russia in recent years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n            <span class=\"ai-article-summary__disclaimer-text\">AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<cite class=\"source__cite vossi-source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location vossi-source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">Beijing\/Seoul<wbr\/><\/span><span class=\"source__separator\">\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/cite><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69r062000x28p2fusm7ub6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Chinese leader Xi Jinping\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/07\/asia\/china-xi-jinping-north-korea-kim-jong-un-intl-hnk\">first visit to North Korea<\/a> in seven years wasn\u2019t just loaded with rhetoric hailing historic ties between China and its longstanding \u2013 and only \u2013 treaty ally.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrr00013b6r3w8dcl5e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Instead, the two-day state visit was a chance for Xi to spell out his vision for China\u2019s alignment with its nuclear-armed neighbor into the future \u2013 and in a moment of global flux.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs00023b6rjhvvvv9z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn the face of the profound changes unseen in a century,\u201d both sides should \u201copen up a brighter prospect for the socialist cause of the two countries as well as regional peace and development,\u201d Xi told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during Monday talks in Pyongyang.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs00033b6rc474k8dh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            To do that, China was ready to expand cooperation in trade, agriculture, construction, science and technology, and healthcare; bolster \u201cstrategic coordination,\u201d and strengthen military, diplomatic, and law enforcement exchanges, Xi said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs00043b6rym74chdc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That\u2019s a more concrete vision than Xi laid out the last time the two leaders sat down at the ornate Kumsusan Guesthouse in Pyongyang in 2019, according to a comparison of Beijing\u2019s official statements from both meetings.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs00053b6rbr054iz2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            And Xi\u2019s remarks this time around were also missing a key phrase. Unlike seven years ago, the Chinese leader did not reference Beijing\u2019s support of \u201cdenuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,\u201d according to published remarks so far.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs00063b6rpswme2bi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That\u2019s potentially a win for Kim.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs00073b6rhgx2dw32@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Under his rule, North Korea has continued to ramp up its nuclear program in violation of United Nations sanctions. In 2023, it amended its constitution to enshrine its policy on developing nuclear weapons.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs00083b6r7orl3jmy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It may also be a sign of how Beijing is calibrating its diplomacy to what it sees as a very different world than seven years ago \u2013 one where it\u2019s locked in strategic competition with the US, and in which Pyongyang has tightened ties with Moscow.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmq6adl8f00003b6rl8niht47@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"AP26159450255218.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6665\" data-original-height=\"1333\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26159450255218.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26159450255218.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26159450255218.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26159450255218.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26159450255218.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap26159450255218.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs000a3b6r7r1c0ev5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Chinese leader\u2019s visit to Pyongyang this time comes as China\u2019s star in the global international arena is rising.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs000b3b6rbea040w6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A parade of leaders from across the world have visited Xi in Beijing this year, including a remarkable week-long period in which Xi hosted both the US and Russian presidents for state visits \u2013 an agenda few other world leaders would be able to pull off.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs000c3b6rrq9uwhfg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Trump administration\u2019s recent military exploits in Venezuela and its economically damaging war on Iran, meanwhile, are giving Beijing more confidence in projecting its message: that China is the responsible global power with the right vision for how the world should be run.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs000d3b6r39g4sp1r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Visiting North Korea gives Xi another chance to show himself as an agile powerbroker able to engage a diverse cast of leaders, from the chief of the world\u2019s most powerful democracy to an autocrat with a sanctions-defying weapons regime.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs000e3b6rvxeibbh4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            China\u2019s call to strengthen exchanges in diplomacy, law enforcement, and the military with North Korea is likely a signal that it wants Pyongyang to participate more actively in the economic and security bloc that Beijing is seeking to build and lead, according to Lim Eul-chul, a professor at South Korea\u2019s Kyungnam University.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrs000f3b6rsvh301nm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It also allows Beijing to show the US and its allies that is still has leverage over Pyongyang.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000g3b6rignegguf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has repeatedly expressed interest in restarting diplomacy with Kim, after his fanfare-filled bid to disband North Korea\u2019s nuclear program during his first term ultimately failed. The Korean Peninsula was among issues discussed between Xi and Trump during the US president\u2019s three-day visit to Beijing in mid-May.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000h3b6rm4kxjk0x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            China is unlikely to see now as a ripe time to pressure Kim to give up his nuclear program.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000i3b6rq08miduy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAt present, Kim sees more risk in diplomacy with Trump than in following a Cold War 2.0 playbook, and Xi sees more risk in pressuring North Korea than from enabling it,\u201d said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000j3b6rtr6dsqke@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the optics of being close to Pyongyang still puts more cards in Xi\u2019s hand when it comes to dealing with the US.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmq6ag18p00043b6rortd0b2q@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate vossi-image_large-elevate  image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"2026-06-08T224827Z_2072013468_RC2XPLACWTAI_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-CHINA.JPG\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6624\" data-original-height=\"2070\" data-original-width=\"3125\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-06-08t224827z-2072013468-rc2xplacwtai-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-china.JPG?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image_large--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image_large__picture\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"679\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-06-08t224827z-2072013468-rc2xplacwtai-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-china.JPG?c=original&amp;q=w_679,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"967\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-06-08t224827z-2072013468-rc2xplacwtai-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-china.JPG?c=original&amp;q=w_967,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-06-08t224827z-2072013468-rc2xplacwtai-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-china.JPG?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-06-08t224827z-2072013468-rc2xplacwtai-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-china.JPG?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"undefined\" width=\"860\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-06-08t224827z-2072013468-rc2xplacwtai-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-china.JPG?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2026-06-08t224827z-2072013468-rc2xplacwtai-rtrmadp-3-northkorea-china.JPG?c=original&amp;q=w_860,c_fill\" alt=\"Xi walks with Kim during Xi's state visit to Pyongyang this week.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2070\" width=\"3125\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000l3b6ruwfucn2o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Xi\u2019s trip is his first one overseas this year \u2013 a point not missed by Kim, who hailed the gesture as \u201cthe highest demonstration of the importance China attaches to North Korea\u2013China friendship,\u201d according to North Korea state outlet Rodong Sinmun.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000m3b6rhuhu696w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            China has long been North Korea\u2019s principal economic lifeline and most important diplomatic partner. The two countries describe their allegiance as \u201cforged in blood\u201d from fighting together in the Korean War.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000n3b6ruobvw7wj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kim said that North Korea would continue to uphold bilateral friendship as \u201cthe most important top-priority strategic work\u201d and would spare no effort to strengthen and develop it into an unwavering and solid strategic relationship.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000o3b6ruw8wmyza@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But beneath the lofty rhetoric, Xi\u2019s visit is also about ensuring that relationship, and the sway that it has long looked to hold over its unpredictable neighbor, remains in tact.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000p3b6rwwvnwlpg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ties have cooled in recent years between the two sides \u2013 while Pyongyang drove closer to Moscow.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrt000q3b6rjb0uqntc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2024 inked a mutual defense treaty, and North Korea has provided thousands of soldiers and munitions to aid Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, a development that\u2019s alarmed a West 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width=\"2970\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgru000r3b6ry8j1jk87@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The optics of Xi\u2019s highly ceremonial visit to Pyongyang this week cut a contrast to Putin\u2019s in 2024, when the Russian leader and Kim took turns driving each other in a Russian-built limousine \u2013 and smiling images of the two projected intimacy and trust.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrv000s3b6rl1xjb4n9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Even still, Xi\u2019s visit now, and his talk of deepening ties across trade, science and technology, is a sign that Beijing wants to reassert its position as Pyongyang\u2019s primary partner.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrw000t3b6r774cicf8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Observers say it also speaks to Xi\u2019s broader calculations about the balance of power in the region, where US allies are strengthening their defense footing in the face of China\u2019s growing military might.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrw000u3b6rpw5igjh0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Xi\u2019s reference to strengthening military exchanges with North Korea may signal a significant shift from its previous support of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, according to Lim.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrw000v3b6rogg66t6y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis could mean a China\u2013North Korea security alignment aimed at countering South Korea, US and Japan, while tacitly accepting North Korea\u2019s status as a nuclear-armed state,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrw000w3b6rwe0djdvl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When asked at press briefings this week whether China still supports denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China maintains \u201ccontinuity and consistency\u201d in its position on the Korean Peninsula issue.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrw000x3b6ruajo1afa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kim appeared to test that potential tolerance in the lead-up to Xi\u2019s arrival, inspecting a missile manufacturer over the weekend and a new plant that manufactures weapons-grade nuclear material days earlier.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrw000y3b6rg6n6bt7j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While readouts from the two sides as of Tuesday afternoon did not reference nuclear weapons, the meetings may also be a chance for each to understand the other\u2019s strategy and stance \u2013 and express their own.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmq69rgrw000z3b6rtnhlo0sx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBeijing expects Pyongyang to respect its interests and to avoid destabilizing policies,\u201d said Easley in Seoul. \u201cXi\u2019s visit is a strategic embrace of Kim but not a blank check for North Korea.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/06\/09\/china\/why-chinas-xi-wants-a-brighter-future-with-north-korea\">Fonte do Artigo <\/a><br \/>\nSee more: <a href=\"https:\/\/theglobaltrack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Global Track<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corinthiames.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" 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Xi notably omitted any mention of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a significant shift from his previous visit in 2019. 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