00:00Beijing is a mover and shaker, I suppose, that is consistent with this idea of Beijing wanting to show that
00:06it is a force to be reckoned with, what it calls a force of stability in the world today.
00:14I think the Xi visit to North Korea is interesting in the sense that it's come after a slew of
00:20visits to Beijing and high-level meetings that Xi's been having with European leaders, with, of course, Donald Trump, with
00:27Putin.
00:27So, I suppose this is a broader effort to cast Beijing as central to world politics in the contemporary period,
00:39that, you know, things have to go through Beijing.
00:48The point here is to reframe and reinforce the idea that Taiwan is subordinate to the PRC and should come
00:59under PRC control.
01:00Clearly, it has its own ability to run itself at this point.
01:04Now, the individual effect of Pyongyang reaffirming Beijing's position isn't great.
01:13I mean, the DPRK already has a position that's very, that affirms and supports the PRC's position.
01:19It's really trying to create a pattern of support that's more important.
01:24It's really trying to create a pattern of support that's more important.
01:24You
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