If the reports are true, it would be Kim's first known foray outside North Korea since he took power upon his father's death in 2011. And it would signal that the leadership in China, North Korea's most important patron, wanted to have a face-to-face encounter with the untested and impetuous young leader before he sits down with South Korea's president in April, and possibly with Trump the following month.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 26, 2018 20:19 UTC