[Wuli]

This topic weighs on the future of the political dynamics, and political pressures on South Korea, in the decades ahead, that will come from a still politically unreformed modern robust China together with a still politically unchanged modern robust North Korea. The history of the China-Korea relationship, going back centuries, says the pressures (and maybe subversion as well) could be as immense on South Korea politically as they have been militarily.

[Paradox]

Trump.... mad genius? Or lucky mad man? When you step back to see the larger picture, the plan looks so.. simple and obvious.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Not a fan of the current South Korean govt either. Total lefties. Will be interesting to see the level of involvement in N. Korea’s future America will see benefit its interest.

[bert]

China is evolving politically to be acceptable to the majority thqat is young and prospering and intent on continuing to prosper.

You think in outmoded terms of Chicoms when the reality in China is a nation evolving increasingly into Chicaps.

The old men are dying out and their hold is loostening

[allendale]

Trump haters are ignoring something special about this summit. Somehow word of it reached the North Korean prison labor camps. The inmates know that human rights was at least discussed Trump has brought hope and solace to some of the most desperately suffering and forgotten people on the planet.

[Dixie Yooper]

60 years of his family watching South Korea grow with US aid, 30 years of watching China grow with US aid (and not share), has to weigh heavily on the attitude of a secluded Gen-Xer. Somewhere down the road, Kim could pull a Sadat on China... That didn’t well for Sadat, but he is looked up to in the part of the Western World that looks up to him, when Republicans are in charge of the White House.

[spokeshave2]

China is setting its sights on a key role in North Korea’s future

Thank you WSJ for drawing attention to the Chicom's wish list for NK

This gives President Donald J. Trump (and I love typing that and the WIN) a handy wedge issue in negotiating down the trade imbalance.

[Fhios]

China wants to make sure its part of the rich rewards that will be doled in loans and corporate investments in NKOR. But be careful. What Kim givith Kim may taketh.

[Slyfox]

Thanks to BobP

[Dogbert41]

I heard something interesting, and considering the Kim Clement prophecies of a united Korea...

Consider what is being done as a wooing of NK away from China. We are quietly building up Taiwan as well. And Working with Russia, a new gas pipeline to and through North Korea. Will be some serious blockage of China’s global expansion plans.

[COBOL2Java]

At the top of China’s agenda are an easing of the economic sanctions that pressured North Korea into negotiations and working on ways to provide security guarantees to give Pyongyang the confidence to dismantle its nuclear program.

Does this look like a man who will "ease sanctions" based on promises of future behavior?