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Xi Jinping to meet South Korean president Moon Jae-in; North Korean nuclear crisis expected to be on agenda
•South Korean president Moon Jae-In will meet Xi Jinping in Beijing amid mixed US signals about potential talks to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Moon Jae-In makes first state visit to China: South Korean president seeks to normalise ties with Beijing
•South Korean President Moon Jae-In hopes to "normalise" ties with giant neighbour China on his first state visit to the country this week, his office said Monday, after Beijing was infuriated by a US missile system deployment
North Korea crisis: US, Japan, South Korea to hold missile tracking drills amid rising tensions
•US, Japan and South Korea will hold two days of missile tracking drills, as tensions rise in the region over North Korea’s fast-developing weapons programmes
THAAD standoff: China, South Korea agree to mend ties days before Donald Trump' Asia trip
•As part of the agreement to diffuse the THAAD standoff, Moon Jae-in will meet Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Vietnam on 10-11 November
China opposed to US nuclear weapons deployed on Korean peninsula following Pyongyang's missile tests
•China's ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, said the potential spread of nuclear weapons would not bring security to the highly-tensed region.
China's Xi Jinping says he is ready to address differences with South Korea
Ians •Chinese president Xi Jinping said on Thursday that he is ready to make concerted efforts with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in to address the differences between the two countries.
South Korea planning to measure the level of electromagnetic waves near the US THAAD system site
Ians •South Korea's Defence Ministry on Friday said it planned to measure the level of electromagnetic wave near the site where the US THAAD system is deployed.
US successfully tests missile intercept system THAAD; South Korea speeds up its deployment
•American forces successfully tried out on Sunday a missile interception system the US hopes to set up on the Korean peninsula, military officials said following a trial just days after North Korea's second test of an Inter Continental Ballistic Missile(ICBM).
China: President Xi Jinping inspects troops during military's 90th anniversary parade
•Xi Jinping on Sunday inspected a massive military parade in China to mark the 90th founding anniversary of the 2.3 million-strong PLA.
Chinese fighter jets intercept US Navy surveillance plane over East China Sea, officials say
•Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a US Navy surveillance plane over the East China Sea, with one jet coming within about 300 feet of the American aircraft