CHINA-NORTH KOREA: XI JINPING CONGRATULATES NORTH KOREA'S KIM JUNG-UN
The state-owned CCTV (January 11) telecast as its lead news item Chinese President Xi Jinping's congratulatory message to Kim Jung-Un on his re-election as General Secretary of the Korean Workers Party (KWP). In the message Xi Jinping said "China and North Korea are friendly socialist neighbors linked by mountains and rivers. Maintaining, consolidating, and developing China-DPRK relations is the unswerving policy of the Chinese party and government. As the world enters a period of turbulent change, I would like to work with Comrade General Secretary to strengthen the strategic guidance of the relations between the two parties and the two countries".
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