00:00Chinese President Xi Jinping urged South Korea's newly elected President Li Jae-myung
00:05to work with Beijing to defend multilateralism and free trade.
00:10In a phone call, Xi called for both countries to elevate their strategic cooperative partnership to a new level.
00:18Xi stressed that strong bilateral cooperation is key to ensuring the stability and efficiency
00:24of the global and regional industrial supply chains.
00:28Li, South Korea's new centre-left leader, secured a landslide victory in last week's snap elections
00:33that were triggered by his predecessor Yoon Suk-yeol's attempt to declare martial law.
00:39Under Yoon, relations with China deteriorated as he aligned more closely with the US
00:44and sought warmer ties with Japan.
00:47But on a campaign trail, Li had signalled his intent to improve relations with Beijing
00:51and sparked concern by stating that a future conflict between China and Taiwan
00:56would not be South Korea's concern.
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