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Various Asian news outlets revealed on Thursday that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and wife Ri Sol-ju received nearly $400,000 in personal gifts during their visit to Beijing last week. Chinese Communist Party head Xi Jinping reportedly offered the ruling couple expensive liquor, fancy tea cups, and jewelry in gratitude for their secret visit to China, Kim Jong-un’s first trip abroad as dictator of North Korea.South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo, citing Hong Kong’s Apple Daily, reported that Kim received “a large vase [worth] 500,000 yuan, and plates and porcelain teacups at 20,000 yuan and 5,000 yuan each,” according to footage of the gifts that appeared on Chinese television. “The North Korean leader was also given 11 bottles of a prized distilled liquor called Moutai, five of them dating back beyond 1980 and six distilled during the 1990s,” Chosun reports. “That makes the older ones so rare that they retail at an … [Read more...] about Report: Xi Jinping Gave Kim Jong-Un Nearly $400,000 in Gifts During China Visit

Supported by Business Day By ALEXANDRA STEVENSONAPRIL 9, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story BOAO, China — President Xi Jinping on Tuesday portrayed China as committed to opening its economy as he presented an alternative vision to President Trump’s calls for tariffs and restricting trade with China, urging “dialogue rather than confrontation.”Speaking publicly for the first time since the beginning of an escalating trade dispute between his country and the United States, Mr. Xi implicitly took aim at the Trump administration.“The Cold War mentality and zero-sum game are increasingly obsolete,” Mr. Xi said. “Only by adhering to peaceful development and working together can we truly achieve win-win results.”Mr. Xi also pledged to rebuff efforts to impose barriers to world trade, saying that “China’s door of opening up will not be closed and will only open up even … [Read more...] about Xi Jinping Urges Dialogue, Not Confrontation, After Trump Seeks Tariffs

World Japan China Toilet President Xi Jinping Japan has offered to help China with its “toilet revolution,” a project launched by President Xi Jinping to improve hygiene via upgrading lavatories across the country with cutting-edge technology. On Sunday and Monday, Japanese and Chinese officials met and discussed improving political ties and cooperating on potential infrastructure projects. During the high-level talks, Japan reportedly also reiterated its support in helping China with its mission to modernize toilets in the mainland. Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry have reached out to private entities to research ways of helping Beijing with their lavatory endeavors, according to Nikkei Asian Review. A public toilet is seen at a half-demolished old town where new skyscrapers will be built, in Beijing February 21, 2013. Japan has offered China … [Read more...] about Japan Offers China Help With President Xi Jinping’s ‘Toilet Revolution’

An anonymous “official with knowledge of the discussions” told CNN on Wednesday that the head of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, is planning his first official visit to Pyongyang. The source said the trip would take place “soon.” CNN suggested it might occur shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump’s May or June meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.CNN notes that North Korean media claim Xi accepted an invitation to visit Pyongyang when Kim made his surprise visit to Beijing by train in March. The source for the report said last week’s visit to North Korea by a high-ranking Chinese official was meant to pave the way for Xi’s upcoming journey to Pyongyang. The official also said Russia also seeks a “personal summit with Kim,” presumably meaning a meeting between the North Korean leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin.The CNN report notably does not specify which government its source works for. South … [Read more...] about Report: Xi Jinping Plans First Official Visit to Pyongyang

China’s Communist Party ruler Xi Jinping, meeting with high-level officials on Tuesday, celebrated advances to his totalitarian regime’s ambitions to keep political opponents silenced in the name of “national security.” The South China Morning Post, quoting a brief note from the state news agency Xinhua, reports that Xi presided over the “secretive” National Security Commission, whose mention in Xinhua this week was only the second in state media in history. The commission turned four years old this week.“In the past four years, the National Security Commission … has solved many problems that had long remained unsolved, and achieved tasks that had long remained undone,” the Post quotes Xi as saying. “Work on national security has been strengthened. [The Commission] has firmly grabbed the upper hand in maintaining national security.” The Hong Kong newspaper notes that, in addition to the vague but … [Read more...] about Xi Jinping: China ‘Has Finally Grabbed the Upper Hand’ on National Security