TOKYO -- Opting not to make his first visit to North Korea this month, Chinese President Xi Jinping instead flew further east to Vladivostok in Russia's Far East.
Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during their talks in the Russian port city of Vladivostok on Sept. 12.
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