What To Know as China’s Xi Jinping Heads to North Korea

As Xi Jinping visits Pyongyang, he faces an emboldened North Korean dictator, whose alliance with Russia has reduced his dependence on China.

By David Pierson and Choe Sang-Hun · The New York Times – World

As Xi Jinping visits Pyongyang, he faces an emboldened North Korean dictator, whose alliance with Russia has reduced his dependence on China.