Kim solicits Xi's support to advance talks with US

China welcomes North Korean leader amid trade negotiations

20190108 Kim Jong Un in China Jan 2019

A car believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. © Kyodo

OKI NAGAI and YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/SEOUL -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is visiting China for the fourth time in a year as he seeks the bigger neighbor's support in setting another summit with the U.S., a development seen as giving Beijing a bargaining chip for trade talks with Washington.

Kim insists on gradual denuclearization and demands that the U.S. ease sanctions on his country before that process is complete. He likely aims for the White House to accept those terms through the backing of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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