The Chinese Government likes nothing more than to engineer what they call a win-win situation. And the State visit of President Xi Jinping to Pyongyang could be viewed as a classic example.

For months, Xi has put off visiting North Korea, he does so now knowing that the timing is right and he stands to gain a lot more.

First of all China is concerned about the current diplomatic deadlock between North Korea and the United States. It is in their best interests, and the interests of the wider region, to get those talks back on track.

After the failed US-NK summit in Hanoi and the subsequent cold shoulder being given to South Korea, China, as North Korea’s biggest trading partner and most important ally, is best-placed to reignite the stalled diplomatic process.

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