BEIJING Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged South Korea 's new President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday to work with Beijing to uphold free trade and defend "multilateralism", state media said. In a phone call with Lee, Xi urged Beijing and Seoul to "inject more certainty into regional and international situations", Xinhua news agency said, as well as to "promote strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level". "A healthy, stable, and continuously deepening China -South Korea relationship aligns