North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s coming visit to China – his first in over six years – for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II could reinvigorate Beijing-Pyongyang ties and signal a broader strategic realignment, according to observers. For the first time, Kim will appear alongside Chinese President…
A group of middle-aged Chinese women have taken square dancing onto a completely new track by doing it on trains. On July 27, a passenger on a train to Changchun, in northeastern China’s Jilin province, complained that a group of so-called aunties were dancing in the sleeping carriage next to his, disturbing his rest. He…
If Kim did take to the podium with presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, it would be the first time for the three leaders to appear together in public, and would be a strong signal of solidarity and defiance of US pressure, pundits said. While signalling North Korea’s deepening alignment with Russia, such a trip…