As Chinese leader Xi Jinping prepares to embark on a second five-year term this week, the impulsive leaders of North Korea and the United States could spoil his party. A new test could trigger another 140-character salvo by Trump, who has alternated between prodding and praising Xi’s response to North Korea. A new nuclear test during the party congress “would be more than a loss of face. But, Xi has never met Kim and Beijing’s relationship with its erstwhile ally appears to be at an all-time low. It is safer for North Korea to do it before.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 16, 2017 08:03 UTC