Xi Jinping won’t attend N Korea’s 70th anniversary celebrations

China’s president won’t be joining North Korea’s 70th-anniversary celebrations.

Xi Jinping has declined to attend the celebrations in Pyongyang, dispatching a high-ranking official instead.

He is reportedly disappointed at the lack of progress on de-nuclearisation since the Singapore summit between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and US President Trump.

 

Al Jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from Beijing, China.

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