On Tuesday, a government spokesman in Beijing said Chinese President Hu Jintao was meeting with a “foreign leader” during the day but said it wasn’t necessarily Kim. When asked to confirm Kim was in China, spokesman Kong Quan said he had “not received any authorized information to provide at present.” A motorcade was seen Tuesday entering Beijing’s Diaoyutai state guesthouse and by early Wednesday Kim was rumored to be on his way home.
A senior U.S. negotiator, in town last week to speak with Chinese officials in advance of a hoped-for next round of six-nation talks on North Korea’s nuclear program, was less reticent. “I understand we have some North Korean visitors here,” Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said, adding that he wasn’t on Kim’s itinerary.
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