about a wonderful new book by elizabeth economy entitled "the third revolution: xi jinping and the new chinese state." liz besides being the author this under the books is the senior fellow here at the council and she also directs the asian studies program. and what she and i going to do for a few minutes is talk about this book, and then were going to open it up to you all to ask any questions you might like. but you've already set an important precedent at the council. i think it might be the first time we've matched the third to the subject matter of the book. [laughing] >> that's the most important thing i've accomplished. >> i'm not quite sure how we extend that in other situations, but we'll think about that. okay, so this is the third revolution, so help us understand a few things. let's begin with revolutions 1.0 and 2.0. place this in the river, so to speak, of chinese history. >> let me just start by showing something i learned on my last trip to china about five or six weeks ago. i was there as part of a cfr delegation to try to find areas of common purpose, common ground wi

. president xi jinping knows he needs help from abroad to make the sport a success in china. from one day to the next hundreds of millions were made available and hundreds of projects were launched so there's no lack of activity here but going to. all of those activities in the right direction is a bit trickier still you should look out for china. the southern chinese city of hong shu is where one of the key players is based a player who also knows europe well. the company lender sports but an eighty percent stake in the premier league club southampton last year. lender c.e.o. go admits the main motivation was to learn more about the football business there's a lot of money to be made in china. and i thought she you know it's at the end of last year the sports industry accounted for approximately zero point two percent of our g.d.p. . compared with other industrial countries such as germany europe britain the us or our asian neighbor japan that is quite low. we're still at an early stage early in the next ten years china's government wants the sports industry to have a turnover of one tri

china and president xi jinping will directly impact the denuclearization summit in singapore with kim jong-un but what do you make of this? is the u.s. president at a disadvantage given criticism he is receiving from european allies as well as president xi jinping on trade? scott: i don't think he is at a disadvantage in dealing with kim jong-un. the real question comes in whether or not, the u.s.-china relationship involves links between trade and performance by china on north korea? here it is a challenge. president xi jinping has been watching this unfold, he may feel left out and at the same time trade tensions are rising between the u.s. and china. the question of whether or not xi will hold fast on implementation of sanctions, becomes more at risk as a result of the convergence of issues. kevin: the brothers saying yesterday would like to see president xi jinping and act stringent border security and policies along the north korea-china border. why is that so important? scott: we need pressure to get north korea to perform. this is a classic coercive diplomatic approach, where w

site after john oliver made jokes like this over president jinping. >> xi jinping is sensitive about his perceived resemblance to winnie the pooh. i'm not sure it is that strong. >> winnie the pooh aside, oliver had a segment last week over the policies. since then, china censored john oliver. >> it was a terrific segment. check it out on youtube. "early start" continues right now with civility in politics. don't hold your breath. >>> we're allowed to disagree, but should be able to do so freely and without fear of harm. >> maxine waters, you believe her? >> i have not called for the harm of anybody. this president has lied again. >> the collapse of civility in politics has everyone agreeing on one thing. it's not their fault. >>> renewed trade concerns tank the markets. companies forced to rethink global supply chains. as open trade comes under threat. >>> can i get everybody off? >> everybody is off. >> dramatic moments off the florida coast. six people rescued after their boat bursts into flames. it happened so quickly. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans.

targeting xi jinping's made in china's 2025 plan. that is a national strategy to dominate the industry. steve mnuchin denied china was a target, but said he would hit all industries. steve mnuchin called the markets drop an overreaction. >>> ahead, the secretary of defense landing overnight in china. a critically important trip with north korea. trade and security issues at play. will ripley is live for us in beijing. that is ahead on "early start." yould apply for amedicaree plan whenever you want. no enrollment window. no waiting to apply. that means now may be a great time to shop for an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medicare doesn't cover everything. and like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, these help cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. so don't wait. call now to request your free decision guide. it could help you find the aarp medicare supplement plan that works for you. these types of plans have no networks, so you get to choose any doctor who accepts medicare patients. rates are competi

statements and it was then the president xi jinping said that china would never concede give an inch of its territory he also said to sort of mollify his guest the china didn't want to create global chaos and would pursue a path of peaceful development that's often a phrase that chinese leaders use on occasions like this both sides apparently discuss the need to maintain military cooperation but the timing of this meeting is unfortunate because the united states is holding a big naval exercise of hawaii at the moment involving the militaries of twenty five other countries china was supposed to have taken part in this exercise but china's invitation was rescinded by the united states in part because of what china's been doing in the south china sea now the united states has referred constantly to the fact that china has been deploying surface to air missiles on the islands it's been building up and it's also accused china in the past of reneging on promises not to militarize this vast basin of water but china's response is simple it claims sovereignty over all of the south china sea and

president xi jinping would have discussed perhaps what has so far not been made public about kim jong un's discussions in singapore with president donald trump this of course is where the two leaders committed themselves to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula of of course north korea and the united states have very different definitions of what denuclearization is and indeed what timescale it should take place in nevertheless kim jong un has really been at the center of world diplomacy now for the person for the past three months he's met not just the leader of china but also the president of the united states the president of south korea and of course the prime minister of singapore and he's due to meet president vladimir putin of russia in september and i think they're. kim jong un and president xi jinping would also have been discussing sheeting pings imminent visit to the north korean capital it was also something else that came out of this meeting both kim and she jinping committed themselves to maintaining stronger bilateral relations whatever happens internationally an

that invitation last month and china is still very miffed about that yet president xi jinping still insists that a better military relationship between these two sides is one way of stabilizing the overall relationship between china and the united states there were those some fairly blunt words from president xi jinping jury in their opening statements before their closed door talks president xi jinping said that china would never seed one inch of its territory now he could possibly have been referring to taiwan but also to the south china sea where of course china has been building up its islands deploying surface to air missiles on at least seven of those islands the united states has essentially accused china of reneging on earlier promises to slow down its building to stop it all together at a security summit in singapore just a few weeks ago in fact james mattis said that china was guilty of of intimidation and coercion towards its neighbors because of course other countries have overlapping claims in the south china sea and in recent weeks i mean china has been conducting what

kim jong un is in beijing where he briefed president xi jinping on his meeting with u.s. president donald trump in singapore earlier this month the north korean state media says the two leaders discussed ways to work towards denuclearization it's kim's third visit to china since march adrian brown has more from beijing. well this is an unusual visit when kim jong un came here in march and again in may details of the visit were only released after he left china this time the details were released on the morning that he arrived he received a full welcoming ceremony at the great hall of the people with full military honors slowly the north korean leader is being eased into the international fold no longer treated as the leader of a pariah state but as a bona fide leader of his country now i think that kim jong un and president xi jinping would have discussed perhaps what has so far not been made public about kim jong un's discussions in singapore with president donald trump this of course is where the two leaders committed themselves to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula of

. after completing the ccd towers, xijinping controversy. after completing the ccd towers, xi jinping famously called it weird architecture. ccd towers, xi jinping famously called it weird architecturelj think called it weird architectural think architecture called it waird architectural think architecture has a great responsibility and i believe it should not be short lived and should not be fashionable in that sense, but it should be really born out of a question of what buildings do — not only how they function, but what they do the people and how they can engage life and orchestrate life in public places. scheeren's next stop is in faraway and it's sure to get attention. it's called empire city in vietnam and resembles rice terraces in the sky. that's it for business briefing this hour. see you in a moment. more details on the government's £20 billion boost to the nhs in england will be set out by the prime minister today. theresa may will say later that the nhs is the government's top priority for spending and that the health service will be funded in a responsible way. here's our heal

. they blocked zte‘s access to american suppliers, saying they violated a settlement. xi jinping asked the us to reconsider the punishment and essentially it had forced zte, which we know as a major employer in china, to suspend major operations, which is why the us intervened and president trump at the time said he was doing xi jinping a bit of a favour. decides that, we have the chinese trade surplus with monthly numbers. they widened to $25 billion in may. not music to the use of donald trump. thank you very much indeed, sharanjit leyl. thank you very much indeed, shara njit leyl. and thank you very much indeed, sharanjit leyl. and now we go to sydney. that is where the aviation industry has been holding its annual get—together this week. aaron heslehurst is there, and among the top airline bosses, he has been talking to is a new face. until recently, vuyani jara na was running south african mobile phone network vodacom. now, he has the task of turning around south african airways, which is battling for survival with losses of $400 million last year. he has accepted a bet from the

xi jinping. let's go live to beijing and matt rivers. matt, this is the third meeting in less than three months. it appears xi jinping looms overall ove over all of it. >> reporter: it is hard to overstate the role china played in the negotiation with the united states and north korea. although china wasn't at the singapore summit with donald trump and kim jong-un. the presence was felt. kim jong-un coming to china for the third time. that is typical when north korean leaders come here, not a lot of details. we have not seen a picture yet. that is usually how it works as we will see something in the next few hours. what was the summit like? what is denuclearization really mean to kim jong-un? for china's point of view, they want to talk about the strategic interests. not the least of which is the suspension of the military exercises which everyone viewed as a win for china when donald trump agreed to suspend them and removal of the troops down the line from the korean peninsula. it is incredible that kim jong-un continues this diplomatic push. the third time he has been here to chi

the u.s. defense secretary meets president xi jinping in beijing. and in thailand rain continues to hamper the search for a group of teenagers stuck in a flooded cave. leaders will meet in a few hours to try to resolve divisions over the block's policy on refugees which has threatened to split the union in recent days european commission president donald tusk has traveled to austria and hungry two nations lobbying for stricter controls to try to pave the way for compromise of the divide has been triggered by the emergence of new right wing governments they want tighter border controls within the union and new policies to cut the number of refugees coming in aside from austria and hungry italy poland the czech republic and slovakia are also demanding changes on the other side of the table many presidents and prime ministers from northwest europe. headed by germany's angela merkel and france's a man your mark on they want the current system to be largely man tamed with rescue boats full of refugees trying to cross the mediterranean every single day finding a resolution is becoming mor

even an inch of its territory in the pacific as the u.s. defense secretary meets president xi jinping in beijing. and in thailand rain continues to hamper the search for a group of teenagers stuck in a flooded cave. the german chancellor has warned the european union's approach to refugees has the potential to split the u. she's been addressing the german parliament before leaving for a key summit in brussels at home the issue has threatened to break up her governing coalition. all but he'll hold all europe cases many challenges migration could become the make or break one for the e.u. either we manage it so others in africa believe that we are guided by values and believe in multilateralism not unilateral ism or nobody will believe any longer in the system of values that has made us strong that's why it's so important a new group of right wing governments has emerged demanding tighter border controls and new policies to cut the number of refugees coming in made up of leaders from austria hungary italy slovakia the czech republic and poland it wants other countries to agree to a stricter

mike pompei i met chinese president xi jinping in beijing mr trump's been trying to fulfill a campaign pledge to crack down on what he calls unfair trading policies. made from title if the united states takes unilateral protectionist measures harming china's interests we will quickly react and take necessary steps to resolutely protect our fair legitimate rights more now from our correspondent in beijing florence louis. the u.s. government hasn't officially announced these tariffs yet but we have known about them for a couple of weeks the u.s. had said it will publish a list of affected items on the fifteenth of june and the tariffs are expected to come into effect a couple of days after that now the two countries u.s. and china have been holding talks to try and avert a possible trade war ultimately the u.s. wants to reduce its trade deficit with china by as much as two hundred billion dollars over the next two years and the trumpet ministration has also said it wants to give american companies greater access to the chinese market trying to believes tariffs it's one way of fo

xi jinping has been hosting a meeting with central asian neighbors and russia's president vladimir putin foreign slowly reports from beijing. the eight member states of the shanghai cooperation organization together represent about forty percent of the world's population and make up about twenty percent of the world's g.d.p. so in terms of the economy and trade it's not a real heavyweight but it's not a lightweight either when it comes to the international arena because this is a grouping led by china and russia so should come as no surprise that they've use this summit as a platform to push the idea of an alternative international order now and chinese president xi jinping alluded as much when he mentioned american one germany still existing but then said there were growing calls for a more just and equitable international order and what else have we heard coming out from the summit we've heard iranian president hassan rouhani whose country is not a member state but has observer status at the a c o attacked the u.s. for what he said was unilateralism in pulling out of the iran nuc

president xi jinping in beijing and u.k.'s prince william is concluding his middle east tour with a visit to the religious sites. the german chancellor is warning that the european union's approach to refugees has the potential to make or break the e.u. should be addressing the german parliament before leaving for a key summit in brussels they shal meet leaders from across the union tried to repair divide that has threatened to split the bloc in recent weeks a new group of right wing governments has emerged demanding tighter border controls and new policies to cut the number of refugees coming in made up of leaders from austria hungary italy slovakia the czech republic and poland it wants other countries to agree a stricter approach to refugees while other member states mostly from north western europe will hope to avoid the union swinging to the right that's been seen as one of the most difficult and important summits and years as you can imagine and with rescue boats full of refugees trying to cross the mediterranean every day finding a resolution is becoming more urgent by the minute l

have to wait and see. >> president xi jinping has had a two summs recently with kim jong-un, not in singapore, obviously. how do you compare what you saw out of the xi jinping and kim jong-un summit and the trump-kim summit? >> i think all of the summits were symbolic. i believe president xi never exorthorea to completely surrender nuclear weapons. it is clear that north korea has a two-phase strategy. phase one, try to acquire basic nuclear capability and that was achieved by the end of last year. and now north korea begins phase two, the primary objective is to retain the capability to develop a normal relationship with the outside world. i think north korea is achieving that goal right now. but standing from where kim jong-un is, i think after securing h regime's survival, after addressing the security concerns, he is looking at long-tertegym straor the country in the future. i think from where he stands, she has a long-term strategic goal of creating a good environment in which north korea can have one condition for creating that good environment, to have a long-term positive re

the chinese leader xi jinping emphasizing their friendly personal relations the two leaders went to an ice hockey match in china's northern port city of changi in china as russia's leading trading partner and buys russian made weapons on arrival putin was given a medal by xi jinping called the russian leader his best friend. so to come on al-jazeera they need to survive as a. regular volcano who say they're lucky to be alive. and streaming live from one of the world's biggest camps refugees in kenya and a chance to share their stories with the world. hello welcome to another look at the international fall cause we still got some very lively showers across central and western parts if you are a lot of clouds showing up still on the satellite picture that the power of low pressure as i saw a fair bit of haze him play and there is of course the moisture which is driving some really thundering down poles and large hail and some very gusty winds as well further north it's a little quieter up tools a northeastern corner cold front here so it's on the chilly side moscow will struggle to get t

china and russia are not part of that. xi jinping and vladimir putin are binning -- our meeting sechinparate g7sia used to be part of the when it was known as the g8 nference, but they were suspended after the annexation of crimea. vladimir putin has been orienting moreore towards china, hence this meeting. "the washington post" says the pair have met 25 times in the past, including five times last year alone wite defense ministen berateseho ia as his first overseas official visit to send a message to the u.s. genie: vladimir putin give an interview to a chinese tv station where he boasted about how he and xi jinping actually partied together. >> yes, putin recounted a birthday party to the tv station, revealing that he and president xi during vodka and es,ed saying xi is the onl world leader who celebrated his birthday with him that year. but they say it is more nuanced happy other leadersang birthday to him at a conference the day before. they say it is a way to play up this russia-china romance. elections, month's the front runner's trackk to stp the release of a tell-all boo

place on the other side of the world xi jinping welcoming his best friend that may putting. us five days up to manfredo erupted in guatemala evacuations continue and the death toll is still rising and at the international criminal court a war crimes conviction is over ten. trade fiction between the u.s. and its key allies is dominating talks at the annual g. seven summit donald trump's told with conciliatory after meeting his counterparts what the majority of the bloc rejected his suggestion to readmit russia john hendren has more from quebec city. leaders of seven of the world's wealthiest nations made a show of unity in a fractured family pleasure to have you here just and it's been really great hours earlier after leaders of the g seven annual summit in canada complained the u.s. tariffs trump was less diplomatic. like well we're bored with you with the war three they don't mention the fact that they trade barriers against farm are isolated on trade trump appeared vaguely hopeful in meetings with french president emanuel mccrone and the summits host canadian president justin trud

g. seven. and there's another summit taking place on the other side of the world xi jinping welcomes his best friend to me putin. also five days out of month for a go up in guatemala evacuations continue and the death toll is still rising. go-o. the ramadan tradition then suddenly at risk in jerusalem's old city. welcome to news our world leaders are in canada for what's already looking like a tense g. seven summit as he left washington for quebec u.s. president donald trump told reporters that russia should be readmitted to the group moscow was expelled in twenty fourteen after it's an extension of crimea trump suggestion did not go down very well. point. you will cut off the steam a while we discussed a topic and we agreed that a return by russia to the g. seven format cannot happen as long as there isn't any substantial progress in regard to the problems with ukraine well russia is far from the only issue where trump and the other g seven leaders disagree transplant to impose tariffs on steel and alimony and imports from the e.u. mexico and canada as their clashes with other g sev

day trip to china kim jong un that was in sign ups a brief president xi jinping on his historic meeting with the u.s. president earlier this month this is kim's third visit to china since march she has vowed to support north korea's economic reconstruction and said that would definitely be peace and stability on the peninsula. thank you area's government is in talks with the u.k. to accept the temporary return of way of bronze statues that was stolen by the british in eight hundred ninety seven british soldiers seized thousands of metal castings from the then separate kingdom of binny london has long resisted campaigns for the full return of nigeria's bronzes more now from barbara angle. these are some of the bronzes stolen more than one hundred years ago in what is now southern nigeria best of the artifacts removed from the can of been inspired this and the doc in the british museum campaign as have made repeated calls for their return i think it's very important that we are straightforward and honest and transparent about the ways in which some of these objects events at the c

. defense secretary meets president xi jinping and beijing. u.k.'s prince william is concluding his middle east tour with a visit to the religious sites in occupied east jerusalem. european leaders are in brussels for what some are calling the most important european union summit in years the issue has brought european faultlines out to the fore and the german chancellor is warning the block it splits unless policies towards refugees are agreed upon she was addressing the german parliament before travelling to belgium at home the migration issues threaten to collapse her governing coalition. what. europe faces many challenges but migration could become the make or break one for the e.u. either we manage it so others in africa believe that we are guided by values and believe in multilateralism not unilateral ism or nobody will believe any longer in the system of values that has made us strong that's why it's so important. the divide in the e.u. has become more evident with the emergence of a new group of right wing governments there demanding tighter border controls the new policy is to cut

mix as regards this summit even though president xi jinping will not be attending it it was a seven hour flight and this ensured that of course the air craft passed through chinese airspace for as long as possible passing even across the island of finance and then down into southeast asia now there has been very very tight security the north koreans of course always worried about the prospect of that assassination attempt but the chinese i think were able to say we can guarantee your security if you are in one of our aircraft one of our aircraft passing through our airspace now of course this is only the second international flight that the north korean leader has taken since he became leader of his country at the end of two thousand and eleven the last flight he took was to the city of daraa in northeast china a few weeks ago when he met president xi jinping now later today we understand the north korean leader will be meeting with singapore's prime minister who of course is hosting these two world leaders president donald trump and kim jong un and of course singapore is anxious fo

speculation that xi jinping would go to beijing this time. we got news that kim jong-un is here today and tomorrow. as is the case, not a ton of details released. no official agenda. we have not seen a picture of kim jong-un here with xi jinping. we are presuming he will meet with jinping and other officials. they will talk about the singapore summit. what was said between donald trump and kim jong-un? what did not make it into the declaration? what is the definition of the denuclearization in the eyes of the north koreans? china will make sure its interests are held in the future negotiations with the united states and north korea. and this comes on friday when the president said he would talk to kim jong-un. that did not end up happening. it was less than three months ago that kim jong-un had never left the country. he came to beijing for the first foreign meeting. here we are. kim jong-un is flying around all over the place. this is normal. >> normal. the murderous dictator. now the third visit together in the short period of time. matt rivers live in beijing. thank you. >>> it is

expressed some doubts when kim went to see pres. xi jinping, and there shouldn't be any sanctions when negotiations are underway and this south koreans talking about restoring a form of trade. with all of those players appearing to be moving toward eroding sanctions, how can you keep the sanctions regime in place? what leverage do you have? >> a lot of leverage. we have tremendous leverage. i do believe china despite my relationship with pres. xi jinping, matt i told you i have great respect for and like also a lot, we are having tough talks on trade and that probably affects china somewhat but i have to do what i have to do and over the last two months the border is more open than when it first started but that is what it is, we have to do it. we have a tremendous tremendous deficit in trade commonly known as a trade deficit. we have tremendous deficit in trade with china. we can't continue to let that happen. and in terms of the border, i don't think it has a relationship or affects my relatiship to pres. xi jinping but when we first started we were not ready to go that route and as

, criticizing what president xi jinping called selfish shortsighted policies. speaking at the shanghai corporation, his message was in disarray to the g7 summit in quebec. make inthe world must the rules of the world trade organization, support will to lateral trade and build an open economy. inflation expanded more than expected in china's factories driven by higher prices for crude oil and metal. wholesale inflation jumped over 4% in may, but it was 3.3% overall this year, almost half of last year. china's consumer price index climbed this month, touching the median forecast. -- matching the median forecast. italy has no intention of leaving the eurozone. the -- the new government said they .ill not dump the currency the coalition says it wants to boost structural reforms and investment rather than increase spending that critics said would break new rules. bitcoin fell the most in three months at the south korean crypto exchange said it had been hacked. this brings losses to more than 50%, four times bigger than ethereum and ripple. they are reviewing their systems, and cryptocurrenc

order now and chinese president xi jinping alluded as much when he mentioned american had to many still existing but then said there were growing calls for a more just and equitable international order and what else have we heard coming out from the summit we've heard iranian president hassan rouhani whose country is not a member state but has observer status at the c.e.o. attacked the u.s. for what he said was unilateralism in pulling out of the iran nuclear deal and then we've also heard chinese president criticizing the u.s. for its policies on trade its protectionist policies on trade now many analysts regard the c.e.o. as a counterbalance as a counterweight to the existing groupings that are dominated by the u.s. and its allies and what we could see going forward in the years to come is perhaps the c.e.o. gaining importance and prominence in the international world order the u.s. president's arrival in singapore is being overshadowed by his early departure from the g. seven summit in canada after leaving early trump refused to support a g seven joint communique which found to come

chinese counterpart xi jinping described the russian leader as his best friend in the world to china's first ever friendship medal. and the taliban in afghanistan has announced a three day cease fire off the end of ramadan but it won't include foreign forces and about fighters will melt defend themselves if attacked during the truce at the start of the holiday later this month. now just days away from the high stakes summit between the u.s. president and north korea's leader kim jong un's country is regarded as one of the most repressive in the world the united nations estimates there are one hundred thousand political prisoners detained in camps dozens of foreigners are prevented from leaving but hey reports from seoul. in south korea there are many emotions about the changing relationship with north korea among small vocal nationalist groups there is suspicion about pyongyang's motives concerned even paranoid that south korea is about to be engulfed by communism away from the loud rallies there are those for whom the cross border and gauge went off as a glimmer of hope in what is oft

its territory in the pacific is the u.s. defense secretary meets president xi jinping in beijing. the white house announces dates for a bilateral meeting between donald trump and russian president vladimir putin the details from washington d.c. and you case prince william is concluding his middle east tour with a visit to the religious sites in occupied east jerusalem. and in sport we'll have the latest from the world cup in russia as senegal prepare to battle colombia first spot in the knockout stage. leaders are in brussels for what some are calling the most important european summit in years and the issue has brought european faultlines to the floor and the german chancellor is warning the bloc could split unless policy towards refugees are agreed upon now she was addressing the german parliament before travelling to belgium at home the migration issue has threatened to collapse her governing coalition. what. europe faces many challenges but migration could become the make or break one for the e.u. either we manage it so others in africa believe that we are guided by values an

is the chinese are already easing up. after xi jinping met with president trump the first time, we've seen reports sanctions are not being implemented or being loosened up. we know north korean sea ports are showing up on the other side of the border. political will to implement sanctions has already weakened. kim jong-un is already in a better position today than he was last november or december. political will isn't there anymore. it's going to be also -- we can't go back to talking about preventive strike. after all of this diplomacy. that's why i'm saying kim jong-un is already in a good place right now. >> with all of the squabbling with the allies, it would become harder to reinforce or tighten sanctions. let's put it this way, justin trudeau is not going to look timely on this one. the president's chief economic advisor said he stabbed the president in the back. again, language and imagery i've never heard. >>> we will be back in a moment with a preview of my brand-new documentary on north korea. the two faces of kim jong-un premiers tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern pacific. we wil

. the meeting with xi jinping happening a week after the historic trump-kim summit in singapore and hours after president trump threatened china with $200 billion in new tariffs. the timing of kim's trip sends a message about the stranglehold on the division. mat m matt rivers there, 4:22 p.m. what do we expect from the latest meeting? >> reporter: what we're expecting is north korea and china to get what they're hoping for from each other in terms of how the negotiations are going to play out moving forward, and how each side can be put in a stronger position to negotiate with the united states. so what you're going froz kim jong-un is coming -- going to see from kim jong-un is coming to china saying, look, can you ease up on the economic sanctions that have been so detrimental to the north koreans. they could say, the summit was a success, let's ease up on sanctions. at the same time, china wants to make sure that as negotiations continue between the united states and north korea that china's interests are being represented. what analysts are saying that we're speaking to in china

met with president xi jinping twice, president moon-in hosting the foreign minister. he's out and about in sipping a po -- singapore taking a selfie. he killed his half brother in malaysia. he executed his uncle. he's treated like a rock star and now the u.s. president is going to sit down with him. no u.s. president ever sit down with a north korean leader. of course we have given him legitimacy. so he has gained. >> can you speak to sort of the dangers of ignorance? i mean, let's not ignore the elephant in the room. this is a president whose friends will acknowledge they've never seen him hold or read a book. there are dangers to not understanding why george w. bush, bill clinton, or president obama ever got to this stage with kim jong-un or his father. >> yeah. well, first of all, what north korea wants is to keep its nuclear weapons and gain international legitimacy as we are already seeing kim do and get some measure of sanctions relief. so kim is running a pretty obvious play here. after trump came into office, he accelerated his nuclear testing to consolidate that nuclear d

summit with president trump, kim jong-un is in china today meeting with president xi jinping. the chinese leader is praising kim for how he handled the sit-down with mr. trump. matt rivers is in beijing. this is extraordinary in the amount of meetings the two have had. this is the third meeting between xi jinping and kim jong-un in beijing in as many months. >> reporter: yeah. i think, poppy, if you ask most experts on that this topic, six months ago would by june, the middle of june, we have seen these two men meet in china three separate times, i think you would have gotten a resounding no from most experts but here we are. kim jong-un making a surprising visit here to meet with xi jinping to talk about that summit to brief xi jinping about the summit, to talk about what was said between donald trump and kim jong-un, maybe what didn't make it into the statement, maybe how north korea actually views the definition of denuclearization. what is clear is that china will have a role in these negotiations moving forward. at the same time these two men are meeting, despite president tr