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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Foster Klug

Analysis: Chinese President Xi's silence on nuclear arms is a gift to North Korea's Kim Jong Un

North Korea China - (KCNA/KNS)

Chinese and North Korean state-run media this week devoted thousands of words to Xi Jinping 's summit with Kim Jong Un, but made no mention of a key matter for Washington: the North's steadfast pursuit of nuclear weapons that could threaten the United States and its allies in Asia.

The silence says more than reams of the carefully framed propaganda.

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