Here’s a look at how the Chinese and North Korean news media portrayed the meeting. In North Korea, Kim is often pictured alongside throngs of admirers who hang on and record his every word. But it was Kim who was taking notes during his meeting with Xi, at least in the Chinese news media coverage on Wednesday. In North Korea he was depicted, without exception, as strong and in charge. Ideological brethrenMao Zedong once said China and North Korea, longtime Communist allies, were as “close as lips and teeth.”But relations between the two countries have been strained in recent decades.

Source: thestar March 28, 2018 23:15 UTC