But while China, Japan, the U.S., Russia and South Korea all condemned the test, their approaches differ on how best to rein in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. U.S. President Donald Trump has castigated China in public for not doing enough to prod its neighbor and ally.
China favors talks with Pyongyang to defuse tensions. It has been cautious about putting too tight an economic squeeze on Kim in case it sparks the collapse of his regime, with the risk of a resultant refugee crisis on China’s border and an increased U.S. military presence nearby. [...]
The Xi-Abe talks follow months of effort. Abe’s security council chief Shotaro Yachi spent five hours with China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi at a hot spring resort near Tokyo in late May. Abe also sent a personal missive to Xi in May, via a ruling party executive, and has said he’s open to cooperating on China’s Belt and Road trade project under certain conditions. [...]
"There are people in the Communist Party who would not be pleased at the prospect of getting along with Japan," said Noriyuki Kawamura, a professor at the Nagoya University of Foreign Studies. "In order not to be criticized by these people, Xi and Li will have to be cautious about visiting Japan."
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