Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the large-scale North Korean military parade held at night in Pyongyang on Oct. 10 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea as a show of Beijing’s restrengthening ties with Pyongyang.
Li took a front row seat next to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the parade, which featured the new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that the regime said is “the most powerful nuclear strategic weapons system,” according to its state news agency KCNA.
The military parade comes about a month after Kim attended China’s massive military parade held in Beijing, where the DF-61 ICBM capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads was unveiled. The event celebrated the anniversary of the ending of World War II….
High-Ranking Chinese Official’s Visit to North Korea Shows Restrengthening of Bonds
