it will require the participation of japan, south korea, russia, china, north korea, and the united statesed to be a leader when it came to sheesh and north korea, but president is expected to meet with kim jong-un. the chinesecke: have long wanted the united states and north korea to sit down together. previous administrations had it taken the position, we're not going to sit down with north korea until they give up their nuclear weapons. north korea has continued to their nuclearst weaponry and develop greater capacity and capabilities. diplomacy is always the best avenue. two have -- to have the two leaders meet directly could get respective subordinates, diplomats, to start negotiations. it will not be solved in a one-time meeting, but it is a start. shery: you mentioned japan. they have never been too happy with cozier relations between the united states and north korea. could there be resistance coming from the japanese? the japaneseke: have much to fear and be concerned about if north korea were to develop nuclear of -- the, the ability to launch a particular warhead. they have been

it accounts the 90% of trade with north korea. us china the 90% of trade with north korea. the 90% of trade with north korea. us- china have been having tfie'ijs and ana eve‘hee'h‘hevthq’” f ‘ own intense tfie'ijs and ana eve‘hee'h‘hevthq’” f ‘own intense relationship. their own intense relationship. china has been in a position where they need to be more accommodating for north korea. we are seeing a crackdown on smuggling of goods into north korea. i think china must be given some credit. a knee-jerk on the upside for markets in asia. thank you for the update. my business colleague leisha santorelli. president trump has followed through on his campaign promise and signed an order putting steel and aluminium tariffs in place. we want a lot of steel coming into our country but we wanted to be fairand we want into our country but we wanted to be fair and we want our workers to be protected and we want frankly our companies to be protected. by contrast, we will not place any new tax on product made in the usa. so there is no tax if a product is made in the usa. you don't want to

i think improvement in the north korea china relationship ahead of the into korean summit and u.s. north korea some much more we hope for in solving the problem in the korean peninsula such as denuclearization and establishment of peace there are conflicting reports about who is in control of the northern syrian city of tal afar turkish troops have been closing in on the area after taking the kurdish held enclave of a free ten days ago to his president time birder one has said his forces will continue to move east as far as beach to push out the y.p. g. fighters who he says are terrorists. a french peace officer killed in last week's supermarket see has been posthumously awarded the legion honor the country's highest accolade the talent colonel noble trump has hailed as how the hero after trading places with a female hostage at a supermarket inch rabb in the south of france last friday funerals are being held for some of the victims who died in a shopping center fire in the siberian city of kemah rovio on sunday flags have been flying at half mast across the country on a day of nati

have so much control over north korea will now we know that china has in many ways absolute control over north korea in some matters the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says all fifteen members of the security council should be ashamed that the bombing of the sindh you said continues despite a cease fire agreement the halley blamed russia and syria for what she called slaughter that has syrian counterpart struck back saying the area has been liberated from rebels facebook boss mark zuckerberg will reportedly testify before a u.s. congressional committee next month over the social network's role in harvesting millions of users data without their knowledge facebook and the data from cambridge analytic are at the center of a vile the how personal information was used to influence the outcome of the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election five people are facing charges related to a fire in a russian shopping center that killed sixty four people forty one of them children the tragedy sparked rare protests demanding justice for the victims president putin visited the siberian city

it is clear china is showing it is on north korea's side and taking kim jong-un and trying to get a closerbetween china and north korea as kim prepares for his talks with president trump. we have seen the u.s. and south korea and japan taking the lead on this and now it seems china is starting to assert itself. and showing it will be a major player as president trump prepared to meet with kim jong-un. vonnie: is this china taking over ship of this brokerage? the mediator between north and south korea, between north korea and the u.s.. is it taking on that role? toluse: it looks like it's moving in that direction. during the early days of president trump's presidency, he tried to outsource the north korea problem to china saying china can take care of this on its own if it wanted to. we saw president trump shift towards his fire and fury mode, now he has shifted more into talking about having negotiations in talks and trying to play a more significant role and be that mediator. we have seen south korea play that role with the president meeting with north korean officials and talking and bri

together this is seen as their effort to downplay tensions between the two nations china of course traditionally north korea's strongest ally but the past several months china's support for u.n. sanctions in north korea has really put a strain on their ties so the point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korea talks especially after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines on the north korea question but what about the venue for these talks between kim jong un and president has anything been decided yet. well certainly the question of where meetings between u.s. and north korean negotiation negotiators it should take place is always the source of a lot of hand-wringing especially now that this would be the first time a sitting u.s. president would meet with a north korean leader the stakes are even higher than usual it could take place in the demilitarized zone for example like the upcoming meeting between the south and north koreans that will be taking place in a truce village in april o

point of this meeting for china at least seems to be largely an effort to save face to try and present itself as a relevant player in any north korean talks after south korea and the u.s. have been the ones making headlines but this meeting with china also is likely to boost north korea's leverage in any possible meeting with the trump having beijing on their side will buy them some wiggle room in terms of having a partner and that could for example help soften trade restrictions yeah the that's a very good point the inspection that you make about the chinese president when we look at the u.s. president you know he is known for calling the north korean leader the rocket man and today he tweeted that he believes that the north korean leader will do what is right for all of humanity that's quite a it's quite a change in his perception of the north korean leader i mean were do you think that's coming from. that certainly is quite a turn from the kind of language we saw earlier on in terms of presidency and now he really wants to be seen as the president who finally got north korea to give up its nuclear weapons and so we've seen a complete scaling back of tha

who needed this more, north korea or china? re but north korea was playing this carefully. is there a slim chance for a grand bargain? sure. but we see the military threat from the u.s. gaining credibility, you see that with the insertion of war hawks like pompeo. north korea needs to drag of this dialogue as long as it can and still try to narrow the u.s.' military options, if it can end up crossing the nuclear finish line. betty: as much as the white house was surprised by this meeting, would you read into the fact it seemed the u.s. was left out of this, put in the dark, ahead of this meeting? is there anything to read into this, especially in anticipation of the meeting between the two coup leaders? reva: i do not think it should be surprising. it is not like pyongyang to clue in the u.s. or south korea. they are playing a careful game. there is a lot at stake between the u.s. and north korea directly. the u.s. is trying to read these moves, but i think it still wants to see if they can achieve denuclearization. that is some

i think improvement in the north korea china relationship ahead of the enter korean summit and u.s. north korea summit will we helpful in solving the problem in the korean peninsula such as denuclearization and establishment of peace and we are just getting news from the chinese foreign ministry that the president xi jinping will visit south korea on thursday and friday will bring you more on that in our next full news bulletins moving on now and the u.s. ambassador to the united nations says the security council should be ashamed that the bombing of eastern ghouta continues despite a cease fire agreement syrian government forces with the russian air support intensified its offensive to retake the rebel held on place more than a month ago u.s. ambassador nikki haley blamed the two countries for what she called a slaughter but her syrian counterpart struck back. russian president vladimir putin has declared wednesday a national day of mourning for the sixty four people killed in a shopping center fire on sunday at least forty one children were among those who died in the shopping cent

hello again on this indo her and these are the top stories here at al-jazeera china says north korea has expressed willingness to get rid of its nuclear arsenal that's after the first ever meeting between china's president xi jinping and north korea's kim jong un it's also came his first trip abroad since taking power in twenty eleven the meeting coincides with a period of intense diplomatic activity on the korean peninsula as preparations are made for summits between the north and the south as well as between pyongyang and washington south korea says she and cames meeting has helped to set the right tone for those upcoming talks. i think improvement in the north korea china relationship ahead of the into korean summit and u.s. north korea summit but we hopeful in solving the problem in the korean peninsula such as denuclearization and establishment of peace michael coverage is a senior advisor at the international crisis group and he says the meeting is a positive development that the world needs to be cautious. we have been calling for a shift from provocations and testing and threa

or is china offering something to north korea but either way it possibly demonstrates the china still holds sway over north korea aaron brown that it's good for the correspondent in seoul that's kathy novak i mean the chinese themselves being very tight lipped about who's visiting north korea as adrian said and they meant security measures surrounding this visit i mean what is south korea saying. very little at this stage sale there are as much public interest as you might expect here in south korea many questions from the media at a regular government briefing but at this stage the only thing the south korean government can continue to say is that they are looking into it closely monitoring it but they can neither confirm nor deny these reports that the mystery visitor could be kim jong un or could be his sister a lot of the speculation surrounds these pictures that adrian was referring to of this heavily armored train that was reported to have crossed from north korea into china and people pointing out that it seems to be a similar train used by kim jong

kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in his discussions on denuclearization with china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china. it's a visit that would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave. china's leaders are fond of metaphors at a lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al jazeera beijing polls have just closed in egypt's p

and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in these discussions on the nuclearization china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china. india it's a visit the would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well china and north korea

and kim's visit made it possible for china to know what north korea will be talking about to south korea and the united states in his discussions on denuclearization with china has also learned what north korea's demands will be which will help china will because. it's a visit that would have seemed unimaginable just a few months ago where north korea was ignoring chinese appeals for restraint at an exhibition showcasing some of china's technological achievements the message appeared to be we can help you with all of this if you behave. china's leaders are fond of metaphors that are lavish banquet she told his guest that in the beautiful season of spring everything comes to life kim replied i believe our meeting will yield abundant fruit that could mean making good on his commitment to give up nuclear weapons the fruits of spring were apparent in the garden of the state guesthouse where friendship also seemed to blossom she accepted an invitation to visit north korea and told him he was welcome to visit china again the visitors left happy adrian brown al-jazeera beijing. well the us pres

up pomp and pageantry for kim jong un it began as a secret meeting but we now know that china gave north korea's leader a lavish welcome kim reportedly you sure and china's president xi that he is committed to denuclearization and a national day of mourning in russia funerals have been going on for some of these sixty four victims of that deadly fire in this shopping mall many of the dead were children. golf it's good to have you with us friend says been paying homage to the policeman killed in last week's terror attack lieutenant colonel our new top died of his wounds after offering himself in exchange for a female hostage there were ceremonies across the nation president emanuel led the tributes in the capital paris. the nation honors its hero. french president emmanuel mccaughan awards the legion of honor to are not built from its france's highest honor but it can only be laid on the coffin of the police officer who has given his own life for that of a stranger. for the first set of this year we stood up against islamist aggression against hatred. and against the madness of killing he by for

i think improvement in the north korea china relationship into korean summits and u.s. north korea so much more we hopeful in solving the problem in the korean peninsula such as denuclearization and establishment of peace. target stroke troops are close to taking another northern syrian town as part of its offensive against kurdish y p g fighters they're closing in on tel rafah free in turkish troops took control of a ten days ago following a two month operation turkish president has said his forces will continue to move east as far as to push out the white b.g. fighters he says are terrorists yes abbas is the united nations is blaming both the syrian government and russia of what she calls a slaughter in eastern guta he says despite a cease fire the u.n. security council should be ashamed at the continued bombing of the rebel held enclave. the parliament has voted the man jailed leaders of the succession is movement are represented in parliament former president is in custody in germany waiting for a court decide whether he'll be extradited to spain he's been denied bai

he went to china which is north korea's oldest ally, and it was a surprise visit. a four-day trip that was only really announced by both china and north korea after the north korean leader's train crossed the border back into north korea. and this is one of the peculiarities of the north korean ruling dynasty is their leaders have typically traveled by train in the past to china, and it's always been secret. now there have been some other details that have emerged about the messages exchanged here. xi jinping underscoring the fact that the half century-old alliance between the two is a strategic choice and individual incidents should not get in the way of that because the relationship had gotten frosty in recent years. and then kim jong-un dangled the possibility of denuclearization on the korean peninsula if there's cooperation from the u.s. and south korea. in the past north korea has said getting rid of its nuclear weapons is a red line that is nonnegotiable. dave? >> written into their constitution. a new cnn poll shows nearly two-thirds of americans approve of

>> even china significantly cut trade with north korea and have been enforcing the sanctions, north korea still relies on china. what makes me little bit uncomfortable is that when you see the two xi jinping with kim jong-un shaking hands what that conveys to me, it completely takes away the possibility that the united states with use preemptive force. what that will promise is chinese involvement backing the north koreans. then you have war between united states and china. >> is there any of this that china didn't see coming? >> i don't think so. i think china has been watching. the thing about president trump that sort of throws a wrench into the predictability, he's doing everything his own way. not really by the book. you got these tariffs between the united states and china putting pressure on china. he has maximum pressure campaign that's really working. everybody believes that president trump might actually use military force unlike the previous american presidents. you have china guessing. china doesn't want the united states going to war in north korea. you might have created a s

i think improvement in the north korea china relationship ahead of the into korean summit and u.s. north korea summit will we hope for in solving the problem in the korean peninsula such as dean. and establishment of peace. we can talk now to kathy novak our correspondent who's in seoul the south korean capital and kathy it seems very much to say the south koreans are very welcoming of what has transpired in beijing of the past couple of days. yes i would say the government does see this as a positive development of course president had always pushed a policy of more engagement and dialogue with north korea he is preparing for his own summit meeting with kim jong un next month in fact there is an intercom rian high level meeting tomorrow thursday to discuss those preparations and the presidential blue house spokesman has said that the situation has developed beyond their expectations and they have to monitor developments closely with all possibilities in mind as things move forward because there are a lot of things going on in the next couple weeks and months here on the korean peni

times which was speaking for beijing came out and said if the united states were to strike north korea first chinaome to north korea's aid. i don't know how much more clear we want a message from beijing, that is it. we have to assume the chinese would come in. we would try to make sure that didn't occur but there's a lot of optimism in the united states about china's role in this, we have gotten it wrong in the past. >> how does this change upcoming talks with north korea? >> it changes it quite a. the thing about stepping back and looking at this situation, so many fast-moving developments, not only china and north korea but the united states and south korea, the united states and north korea, russia is acting as a bad influence so there's a lot of things happening and this is occurring the same time the trump administration is putting them on the trade front so there are a lot of issues, we don't know how this will work. this is an especially uncertain time and in a bad place when leaders can't manage a complex situation. >> thanks for the perspective of north korea and china. we do appreciate

north korea, also oil. i believe upwards of 90% of oil has been restricted out of north korea. chinard -- or into north korea, i should say. china has been on board with those restrictions. the foreign reserves are dwindling, estimated at only four to 5 billion u.s. dollars. this deficit they are running with china, the tune of a $1.7 billion deficit. they will be burning through their reserves quickly at that pace. ramy: in terms of leverage, china is the only country that has the most leverage. hop into the bloomberg terminal, i want you to see this function. trade flows happening. north korea is where i positioned this. china, $6.1 billion. the latest year we have is 2016. it dwarfs everything in the philippines, etc.. how much of an issue has it been from china's point of view in getting north korea to do something? you think it has been china all along pushing this? stephen: i think china is playing a significant role as the main lifeline to north korea. we have heard in the last year or so various comments china has been losing patience with pyongyang. there is been quite a bit

it would we elect china shares a border with north korea unless china is going to cut off the fuel to north korea unless they're going to cut off the the supply of missile components and an armaments to north korea then it's not going to work so we don't need the chinese to play ball they're going to scrap the existing presidential term limits in china they want or they want a perennial dictator you know we're seeing a very dangerous trend that sap in the world we're seeing with what amir putin and russia were seen with aragon in turkey we're seeing it with the g. it's the return in china we're seeing the return of the strongman and ultimately while in the short term it may bring stability to a country in the long term being run by a dictator is not good for a country it's not good for the chinese people and and there's actually been you know somewhat of a revolt on social media against scrapping the term limits against president and in china and the censors have been working overtime to shut down their equivalent of twitter to make sure that the chinese people can't air their grievan

confirmation that it hosted a visit earlier this week by north korean leader kim jong un what role is china playing in north korea's diplomatic offensive. china has obviously had a long and close history with north korea in recent years that relationship has suffered a bit especially as china signed on to some of the international sanctions that have been increasingly pressuring north korea over its nuclear weapons program however with this visit by came to beijing it does appear that north korea is trying to repair some of that relationship which highlights the importance that it puts on its relationship with china especially as it heads into the summit so with moon and with possibly u.s. president donald trump later on now kim jong un has traveled to beijing to meet the chinese leader he's scheduled to meet the south korean leader next month and the u.s. president says he's looking forward to meeting him soon to what is north korea aiming for with these meetings. well all of this diplomatic flurry really started when kim jong un gave his new year's speech earlier this year said that he would be sending a delegati

it began as a secret meeting but we now know china gave north korea's leader a lavish welcome. kim reportedly stuart china's president xi he is committed to denuclearization. and a national day of mourning in russia. funerals have begun for some of the 64 victims of that deadly fire in a shopping mall. many of the dead were children. ♪ brent: i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. francis paying homage to the policeman killed in last week's terror attack. lieutenant colonel arnaud beltrame died of his wounds after offering himself in exchange for a female hostage. there were ceremonies across the nation today. in the capital paris, president emmanuel macron led attributes. -- led the tributes. reporter: a nation honors his hero. french president emmanuel macron awards the legion of honor to arnaud beltrame. it is france's highest honor but it can only be laid on the coffin of the police officer who has given his own life for that of a stranger. >> he stood up against islamist aggression. against hatred. and against the madness of killing. by the bravery of a single man,

, north, korea, and the united states. chinased to be a leader when it came to north korea. is fact that president trump expected to meet with kim jong-un, what does that message say to the cinese -- chinese? locke: the chinese have long wanted the united states to sit down with north korea. previous administrations have sent the message that they would not sit down with north korea until they got rid of their nuclear weapons. in the meantime, north korea has developed their weaponry. diplomacy is always the best avenue. do have the leaders meet toectly could perhaps -- have the leaders meet directly could get there respective diplomats to start this round of negotiation. it is not going to be solved in a one-time meeting between the two leaders. shery: you mentioned japan. that they have never been too happy with korea relations between the united states and north korea, could we see resistance coming from the japanese? locke: the japanese have much to fear and be concerned about if north korea were to develop a nuclear capabil

north korean regime cannot survive without china. issues the existential when it comes to how to tackle north korea. what he said about piracy, what he said about discrimination against foreign investments, what he said about propping up the north korean regime and also increased chinese military presence in the south china sea, a real geopolitical hotspot, our concerns widely shared by republicans and democrats in washington. it important thing when comes to north korea is to know that the north korean regime is not suicidal. it has shown in the past that while it is difficult to deal -- it isnot willing saber rattling and talking about going to war with the u.s. it has not actually done that yet. that is why a lot of people in the administration, even the president, who has spoken about talking with the north koreans, sees an opportunity for diplomacy to take the day. host: from michigan, anthony, go ahead. caller: i am more concerned with opinion on whether the trump administration is trying to undermine qatar. guest: another one of the foreign-policy challenges the administration is dealing with

hello again i'm dennis in doha and these are the top stories here at al-jazeera china says north korea has expressed willingness to get rid of its nuclear arsenal that so after the first ever meeting between china's president xi jinping and north korea's kim jong un it's also came his first trip abroad since taking power in twenty eleven they're meeting kerry and sides with a period of intense diplomatic activity on the korean peninsula as preparations are made for summits between the north and the south as well as between pyongyang and washington south korea says she and cames meeting has helped to set the right tone for those upcoming talks. i think improvement in the north korea china relationship ahead of the into korean summit and u.s. north korea summit will we hope for in solving the problem in the korean peninsula such as denuclearization and establishment of peace michael coverage is a senior.

north korea knows that china for the status quo on the korean peninsula, the existence of the north korea regime serves china as a buffer zone and secondly as a fact that it doesn't want the united states troops ultimately on the peninsula. and if the north korean regime were to collapse, that means an overflow of refugees. so that is leverage that the north koreans have been playing well with the chinese in recent years. >> obviously a developing story here. thank you so much. >>> let's get a check on your weather now with bill karins. bill, you're tracking some storms in texas this morning. >> yeah, we're starting out with flash flood warnings in areas of austin and san antonio. heavy rain from texas up through areas of kentucky. and we'll watch this throughout the day. as far as bad weather goes and damage potential, life threatening weather goes, today is probably the worst day of the week. so 32 million people at risk of the severe weather. these are the flash flood warnings for austin down to san antonio. and the rest of the region is under flood watches. as far as the radar goes, h

because in the past of course during recent years when north korea has carried out missile tests china has always given the impression look we only have so much control over north korea will now we know that china has in many ways absolute control over north korea in some matters ok adrian thank you let's cross now to kathleen of arches joining us from seoul to tell us what the reaction has been from south korea about this visit. well the government seems to be seeing it quite positively the unification ministry says that any improvement in development in the relations between china and north korea ahead of course of the upcoming summit between the south korean president and kim jong un and also plans for the summit between donald trump and kim jong un are conducive to addressing the issues on the korean peninsula including denuclearization and ultimately peace and the china's top diplomat. due to come to seoul tomorrow to brief south korean officials on this visit that visit of young was supposed to actually happen originally last week and now it's been moved presumably to allow for t

the chinese felt the first foreign trip from north korea should to be china. the chinese look at the north koreans as vas sells. they don't want them dealing with south korea or the united states. >> martha: why would they hide it then? why wouldn't they publicize it? >> well, it's traditional that the chinese do not public size that a north korean leader has been in beijing until that north korean leader has returned to the north. and the reason is the north koreans are very, very concerned about, you know, the generals in north korea, back in north korea, you know, launching a koop if if they think he has been out of the country. >> he has never been to china. he has probably never ever been out of the country. it's not unlikely, right? >> as leader he has not been out of the country. we are pretty sure about that. because people do track his movements and there is no indication he has left the country before monday. >> martha: let me take a look -- let me show you this and put this up on the screen this tweet from president trump back on march the 2nd. he sa

if china is not on board with sanctions, sanctions are useless, because north korea and china are so close. i am changing my mind completely for two reasons. since north korea did its hydrogen bomb, there has been a lot more attention to preemption, some ways to sort of stop it from developing further. not just the u.s., but the entire world. i am mostly looking at the chinese, who have stepped up to the plate in my mind, since november of last year, really tightening screws on trade with north korea. this started about two years ago, with tougher sanctions. it takes a while to implement. -- beginningvember in november, we saw a huge drop-off in chinese purchases the point korea, to that in january, north korean 85%.ts to china were down it, that is about an incredible shock to the north korean economy. linked tof it as not the rest of the world. but that is not true. it has always been very linked to the rest of the world, to china. it receives important material. all of its oil comes from china, a lot of its food. its exports are basically shut off now to the whole world, to the poi

china. and i think the earlier, that maybe there is a path for north korea adopting china's path a left the scene, is a possibility. i see that is the only way. i don't think china wants are subsidize to keep peace in the region. host: if i could turn that into a question? what does kim jong-un want from the u.s.? the u.s.e offer that has put on the table is that you have a choice. you could have a nuclear weapon or an economy. north korea has not had access to the global economy. and as the caller noted, they are really suffering. they're people are starving and they don't have the energies they need and they are not producing anything in the world. it is a dead end path. and that was will be put forward for iran as well. an economy or a weapon. reevaluate has to weapons over an economy. host: if you could put a number on the percent of chances that the meeting happens? guest: i'm not optimistic. 60%-40%? but whether or not there is a good outcome? i am really not optimistic. >> c-span's washington journal with news and policy issues every day. coming up monday morning, we will preview the

remember the tension between china and north korea. china the only reason the regime can survive economically. china is upset over north korea's recent nuclear development, missile development. they're not happy. so they've been signing on to sanctions that the trump presidency has been pushing on north korea. the sources we speak to in beijing says they are having an effect on north korea. if kim jong-un went to beijing, he's likely doing so because he knows he can't afford to keep it going economically and monetarily. think of the options here. moon jae-in has never met with kim jong-un. he does not want to meet with kim jong-un. that would be a huge insult to beijing. they need to get set with their key ally on more solid ground before entering these high-stakes potential obligations with the south koreans and the united states. >> fueling that expectation, you know kim jong il, his father, used to take a train like this from north korea to beijing. he would meet with china's leaders. they would never confirm there was a meeting until tha