China kicks off its ‘Friendship Year’ with North Korea What is it all about?

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The ‘Friendship Year’ marks 75 years of diplomatic relations between China and North Korea. Chinese top official Zhao Leji’s visit to Pyongyang is happening amid rising regional security concerns for Beijing, especially from South Korea, Japan, and US Chinese top official Zhao Leji met his North Korean counterpart in Pyongyang and announced the beginning of the "Friendship Year". Source: AP China has kicked off a “friendship year” with North Korea to mark 75 years of diplomatic relations with the country. The beginning of the friendship year was marked by the highest-level Chinese visit to North Korea in nearly five years,...