Trump Says China Sending Envoy to North Korea Is a ‘A Big Move’

Trump Says China Sending Envoy to North Korea Is a ‘A Big Move’
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on a large video screen in Tokyo; and President Donald Trump. Fred Dufour, Brendan Smialowski,Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping will dispatch a special envoy to North Korea on Friday—a week after President Donald Trump left China—with speculations rife as to what message that envoy will deliver. 

Song Tao, the head of Beijing’s International Department, heads to North Korea at a turbulent time in North Korea-China relations. Trump greeted the news enthusiastically in a tweet Thursday morning. 

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