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Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president

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Xi Jinping and Lee Jae Myung share a laugh.
Xi Jinping and Lee Jae Myung share a laugh after their exchange about the security of the Xiaomi smartphones given to the South Korean president. Photograph: South Korean Presidential Office/Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images

It would take someone with nerves of steel to joke about the security of Chinese smartphones in front of Xi Jinping.

Step forward the South Korean president, Lee Jae Myung, who, after being given a pair of smartphones by the Chinese leader before their state banquet at the weekend, wondered out loud if the devices were secure.

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