Could Xi broker a Trump-Kim summit? Seoul sees opening, US experts skeptical
South Korean and US watchers are diverging on the possibility of Beijing playing a role in reviving US-North Korea talks, as speculation rises following North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's surprise visit to China. Kim made an unannounced, one-day visit to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday, meeting Wang Huning, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and touring the New Yalu River Bridge and a local automobile factory. Although Kim did not meet Xi, the unusu
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[Claude] Report 2 is a fuller version of the same article on Xi possibly brokering a Trump-Kim summit, with the same framing and no conflicting facts.
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