China stresses support for North Korea after special envoys' phone conversation | South China Morning Post

Beijing has reiterated its support for Pyongyang a day after the US and Chinese special envoys on North Korea spoke for the first time since President Joe Biden took office. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday that China would push for closer cooperation with North Korea. Zhao also cited a telephone conversation between Liu Xiaoming, China's special representative on the Korean peninsula, and his US counterpart Sung Kim, adding that Beijing would continue to play its part in securing a peaceful settlement of the North Korean nuclear issue. According to observers, Beijing sees the issue as an…