On anniversary of Korean War’s end, China delivers a message in person to Kim Jong-Un

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By Lee Jong-HeonEast-Asia-Intel.com

SEOUL — A visiting Chinese senior official’s comment about North Korea’s nuclear weapons program at a meeting with its leader Kim Jong-Un is being viewed by South Korean government officials and analysts here as one of the clearest signs that Beijing may be reviewing its decades-long policy toward its client state.

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao, center on July 27 in Pyongyang.  /Wong Maye-e/AP
North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao, center, on July 27 in Pyongyang. /Wong Maye-e/AP

Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao made clear to Kim that Beijing does not want to see North Korea armed with nuclear weapons, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Li visited Pyongyang on July 25-28 as the head of a Chinese delegation to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of 1950-53 the Korean War in which China fought alongside the North.

Li was the highest-level Chinese official to visit North Korea since Kim assumed power in December 2011 after the death of his father Kim Jong-Il.

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