Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea amid shifting geopolitical landscape

Federaţia Rusă

SEOUL, June 8 (UPI) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Monday for a two-day state visit, his first trip to the isolated country in seven years, as Beijing and Pyongyang recalibrate ties amid a shifting geopolitical landscape. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un welcomed Xi and Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan at Pyongyang International Airport before hosting a lavish state reception that included a 21-gun salute, military honors and a mass rally at Kim Il Sung Square, according