North's Kim Jong-un gets big brother China's back, sending message to Trump

The shift ensures that China's interests are protected during Kim's planned summit with Trump

Kim Jong Un just sent a powerful message to US President Donald Trump ahead of planned talks: China is back on North Korea’s side. The North Korean leader and his wife received a warm welcome in his first trip abroad since taking power in 2011, holding talks with President Xi Jinping and meeting a host of dignitaries. Xi told Kim that China has made a “strategic choice” to have friendly ties with North Korea, and they will “remain unchanged under any circumstances.

”The surprise, highly secretive four-day trip ends a period of frosty ties between the longtime allies as