3/28/2018

CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The date for their meeting is still not set, but when President Donald Trump finally meets North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, the specter of China will also be in the room, a potent signal to the American President that the young reclusive leader has support for his cause from the region’s most formidable presence. Along with shoring up a rocky alliance, the two-day visit by Kim to Beijing was also designed to show Washington and Seoul that Kim wasn’t without his own diplomatic arsenal as he attempts to push for sanctions relief and recognition of North Korea as a legitimate nuclear power. South Korea admitted on Wednesday [3-28-18] that it hadn’t been involved in Kim’s trip to Beijing.”

Jamie Tarabay, China throws Trump a curveball ahead of his meeting with Kim,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Mar. 28, 2018, 11:04am