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China's Xi, N. Korea's Kim Hold First Direct Talks in Six Years

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held their first direct talks in six years after a massive military parade in Beijing commemorating 80 years since the end of China's war against Imperial Japan. According to Chinese state media, the two sides expressed a desire to work closer together in regional and global matters, including supporting Beijing's position on Taiwan, which China claims as its territory.