North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged his commitment to “denuclearization” and to meet U.S. officials, China said Wednesday. This after Kim’s meeting with President Xi Jinping. China has promised to uphold its friendship with the hermit nation, an odious leftover of one-man rule from the worst days of the Comintern. It appears that China has briefed the US on this meeting and that there may be plans for Kim to meet Donald Trump and others as early as May. Events have spun along quickly since the first inkling of Kim’s trip to Beijing leaked Monday. Now China is talking about it.
HISTORIC MOMENT
Media are putting quotes around the word denuclearization, perhaps because no one can be sure just what the Chinese and North Koreans have agreed to. The devil will be in the details. Look at the videos below, especially the one on the right. It is astonishing to hear Kim talk politely about peaceful change on the Korean Peninsula. Mere days ago he was blowing off about incinerating American cities. Truly a moment in time.
