Kim, Xi vow stronger North Korea-China ties, silent on denuclearization

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62% : He also praised what he described as China's "world-startling successes" in building a modern socialist country under Xi's leadership, before reaffirming Pyongyang's support for Beijing's core interests.
59% : "North Korea's account focused on regime legitimacy and the special nature of China-North Korea relations, portraying the relationship as the country's foremost strategic undertaking and a model for socialist interstate relations," Lim said.
58% : Kim said the Workers' Party of Korea and the North Korean government would continue to place the preservation and development of ties with China at the forefront of their strategic priorities, pledging to elevate the relationship into an enduring and exemplary partnership among socialist states.
52% : Xi, according to Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency, which reported on the summit a day earlier, said Beijing would continue to support Kim's leadership and North Korea's socialist cause "no matter how the international situation changes."
51% : China seeks to draw NK closer but Pyongyang appears cautious, expert says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to open a new era in bilateral relations during their summit in Pyongyang, with both sides emphasizing political trust, practical cooperation and their shared socialist identity, the North's state media reported Tuesday.
50% : " "By endorsing North Korea's socialist project without qualification, China may be signaling that it is prepared to engage with Pyongyang while tacitly accepting its current nuclear status rather than insisting on denuclearization as a prerequisite," he added.
48% : "The top leaders of the DPRK and China sincerely exchanged the experience gained in party- and state-building in the course of advancing the socialist cause and discussed important issues for putting the traditional DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations on a more solid basis," the KCNA said, referring to North Korea by the acronym for its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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