Chinas Xi to Meet Kim Jong Un in Rare Trip to North Korea

South Koreans watch a television broadcast reporting the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, airing at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 28, 2018. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty ImagesChinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping will meet with his North Korean counterpart in Pyongyang next week, a rare trip that experts suggest was aimed at gaining leverage for a potential second summit with President Donald Trump.Xi accepted an invitation from North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, to make a state visit to its communist neighbor from June 8 to 9, according to a June 5 statement from the CCP’s International Department.