Following the “frank” discussion of North Korea by Xi and Obama, Xi hosted a summit with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, without first meeting with its official North Korean ally. Instead, two senior North Korean officials subsequently visited Beijing and were scolded for the North’s behavior.
改变的信号破耐人寻味。习近平和奥巴马就朝鲜进行了“直率的”讨论，接着又在未和其正式盟友朝鲜会晤的情况下与韩国总统朴槿惠进行了峰会。相反，此后两名朝鲜官员访问北京，并因为朝鲜的行为而受到了批评。