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December 23, 2024

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Déjà vu all over again: Kim Jong Un returns to Beijing

The North Korean leader's visits to China appear increasingly routine

Watching Kim Jong Un glide into Beijing for the fourth time since his New Year’s Day speech of 2018, there is an emerging feeling of familiarity around this diplomatic pattern.

The questions are increasingly familiar, too.

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