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Trump has also said he wants to meet Kim again       3-MIN READ 3-MIN             4                    Listen            (Wang Huning (second right)  sees off Kim Jong-un at the New Yalu River Bridge following the North Korean leader’s visit to Dandong. Foreign Minister Wang Yi (third right) attended all of Saturday’s events. Photo: Xinhua)       (Kim Jong-un offers a floral tribute at the Monument to the War to Resist US  Aggression and Aid Korea. Photo: Xinhua)                                 (https://www.scmp.com/author/khushboo-razdan) Khushboo Razdan and (https://www.scmp.com/author/amber-wang) Amber Wang in Beijing   Published: 7:08pm, 24 Oct 2026 Updated: 10:21pm, 24 Oct 2026     North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday, with both sides underlining their traditional friendship and calling to boost cooperation. The trip, Kim’s first visit to China in more than a year, comes ahead of next month’s Apec summit in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, where (https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3364612/trump-says-he-plans-meet-kim-jong-un-year-citing-excellent-relationship?pgtype=search?module=inline&pgtype=article) () Donald Trump  and other world leaders are expected to gather. He was welcomed and accompanied on his trip by Wang Huning, China’s fourth-ranked official, according to state news agency Xinhua.  Wang called on the two countries to expand people-to-people exchanges and economic and trade cooperation, as well as “strengthen strategic communication and coordination, and foster a peaceful and stable external environment”, so as to safeguard their “respective sovereignty, security and development interests”.                                  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