TOKYO -- For the first time in six years, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set foot on Chinese soil. The sight of Kim in Tiananmen Square, standing on the reviewing stand alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, conveyed to the world the unmistakable image of a "China-Russia-North Korea alliance."
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, far right, shares a laugh with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin is seated at far left. © KCNA/Reuters
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