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It did not specify whether other Chinese officials would meet Mr Choe or how long he would stay.
BBC: China media: North Korea diplomacy
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However, Prof Zhu predicts that China will not let Mr Choe leave empty-handed and is likely to provide economic aid.
BBC: China media: North Korea diplomacy
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Prof Shi says Mr Choe's trip is "primarily aimed at repairing ties which are at their lowest ebb since the Korean war ended in 1953".
BBC: China media: North Korea diplomacy
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The reported comments by Mr. Choe contrast with the unequivocal stance of North Korea in recent months that it won't negotiate over its nuclear development.
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Choe and Xi, carried in its state media, referred only to building friendship between the nations and hopes for the success of the two nations under their respective leaders.
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Kim might have been flexing his political muscles, but more plausible would be Jang defenestrating a rival, especially after the promotion of Jang ally Choe Ryong-hae to oversee the military.
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Chinese state media also reported that Mr. Choe agreed to unspecified dialogue and the possible resumption of six-party talks, which were used until 2008 to seek North Korea's reversal of its nuclear program.
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In talks with Mr Choe, Wang Jiarui is likely to have conveyed a warning to North Korea not to be a "trouble-maker", Mr Zhan tells Ta Kung Pao, a Beijing-backed Hong Kong newspaper.
BBC: China media: North Korea diplomacy
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Xinhua news agency revealed no details of Vice-Marshall Choe Ryong-hae's meeting with Wang Jiarui, head of the Communist Party's international department, except for an exchange of views on "issues of common concern regarding the Korean Peninsula".
BBC: China media: North Korea diplomacy
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Shi Yinhong, a security expert at Beijing's Renmin University, tells Hong Kong's South China Morning Post that Beijing appears to have "downgraded" the visit by sending Wang Jiarui, a minister-level official, to meet Mr Choe.
BBC: China media: North Korea diplomacy