The North Korean leader’s train has left Beijing. With no commentary provided by Chinese or North Korean state media, rumors abound that a high-ranking North Korean official – maybe even Kim Jong Un himself – visited China. Eventually, it has been confirmed by the KCNA that it was, indeed, Kim Jong Un, who traveled in China with his wife Ri Sol Ju.

Normally, a state visit to China is announced after the fact by DPRK state media, and this is what happened this time as well.

Although this visit comes after very soon after the news