시진핑, 중국 역대 지도자들보다 짧은 1박 2일 방북<br /><br />President Xi's visit to the regime will mark the shortest trip to the North by any Chinese leader.<br />To help us look back at similar events involving his predecessors, here's our Lee Jiwon. <br />Xi Jinping's visit to North Korea will be the first time in 14 years that a Chinese President will be visiting the North. <br />The first-ever Chinese president to visit North Korea was Liu Shaoqi in 1963. Four years after coming into office, Liu made a 13-day visit, where he met North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-un's grandfather. <br />He mostly went to see cultural performances and some rural areas. <br />The next visit was a 3-day trip by Jiang Zemin in 2001. <br />He had previously visited North Korea as the Chairman of the Central Military Commission in 1990.<br />And during his visit as president, Jiang held a meeting with Kim Jong-un's father, Kim Jong-il and an expanded meeting with other officials. <br />Hu Jintao was the most recent Chinese president to have visited North Korea. <br />In 2005, he held talks with Kim Jong-il, where they signed an agreement on economic and technological cooperation between the two sides. <br /><br />But Xi Jinping's upcoming trip will be the shortest one of all,... as he is staying in North Korea for just two days. <br />Watchers say this comes as Xi scheduled his visit in an effort to use it as a card to fight against China's unfavorable situation in its trade war with the U.S. and in passing the extradition bill in Hong Kong. <br />But this is not the first time Xi will be visiting North Korea. <br />In 2008, Xi had visited Pyeongyang for three days as the Vice President of China as part of his five-nation tour. <br />Then, he had an expanded meeting with Kim Jong-il, where Xi promoted the six-party talks and expressed China's willingness to strengthen the exchange of opinions and cooperation with the North.<br />Lee Ji-won, Arirang News. <br />
