China may count North Korea as its only treaty ally, but President Xi Jinping will on Thursday become the first Chinese leader to visit Seoul before Pyongyang – reflecting the transformation of Beijing’s stance towards the Korean peninsula.
Mr Xi’s state visit follows one to China last year by South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye, and will mark the fifth meeting between the two leaders since both took power.
In contrast, there is no record of any meeting between the Chinese president and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong Un.
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