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Friendship or leverage: Why is Xi Jinping going to North Korea?

Beijing is trying to reassert influence over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.

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According to BBC News’s source item, Friendship or leverage: Why is Xi Jinping going to North Korea?, Beijing is trying to reassert influence over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.

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