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China, North Korea
Xi Jinping's four contigency plans for a Kim–Trump summit

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at Pyongyang airport, on 9 June 2026.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at Pyongyang airport, on 9 June 2026. © STR/KCNA via KNS/AFP

Ahead of Xi's visit to the US on 24 September, Beijing is positioning itself as the only credible mediator between Washington and Pyongyang. Intelligence Online has learned that the Chinese Communist Party is preparing several plans for a Trump–Kim summit in four different cities, including in North Korea itself.

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