BEIJING: President Xi Jinping reassured Kim Jong Un of North Korea's enduring importance to China as the two leaders met for talks in Beijing on Thursday (Sep 4), state media reported. Kim has been on a rare foreign visit to China, his most important ally, joining Russia's Vladimir Putin alongside Xi at a massive military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Kim and Xi held talks on Thursday evening at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, where the Chinese