CHINA-NORTH KOREA: HIGH LEVEL VISITOR TO CHINA
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Dalian on May 7, when he met Chinese President Xi Jinping. Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported that the official had arrived by North Korea's Air Koryo. Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Dalian to witness the formal sea trial ceremony of the Type 001A [carrier] which is to be held probably on May 8 or 9. Sources told South China Morning Post that President Xi Jinping will need to attend because it’s the first aircraft carrier that has been 100 per cent developed and built by Chinese shipbuilders. They also said "Preliminary tests for the Type 001A carrier’s sea trial began last month, but the formal ceremony could not take place until Xi was available to come.”
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