Xi Urges China and North Korea to Advance Socialist Cause

Chinese leader Xi Jinping called on China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to keep advancing the socialist cause and modernization. He also urged the two countries to maintain strategic resolve amid global turmoil. In a separate message, Xi congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on the 250th anniversary of the United States, even as Chinese state media used the occasion to criticize the country. The headlines focus on Xi's diplomatic outreach to North Korea and the United States.