North Korea-China Relations after The Singapore Summit
The Korea Society
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The Three Narratives of Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-Un
Xi Jinping really successfully indoctrinated and he gave Kim Jong-un enough reason why North Koreans and China, we should still stick together in this day and age of 21st century when they think that ideology does matter. I think using emotional bonding of Xi's history, cultural vocabularies, importance of socialism. And number three, the fact that our bonding and sticking together are benefit each other's national interest. Using that as a medium, my conclusion is that Xi Jinping successfully put Kim Jong-Un into the sphere of influence of China while Kim Jong- Un was exploring opportunity with a new opportunity with negotiations with Trump at the time.
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