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There Xi goes: visiting North Korea

Xi Jinping’s first visit to North Korea in seven years has been marked by pomp and shows of friendship. But what does the Chinese leader really want from the trip? Our correspondent visits Goma in Congo to see what life is like under Rwanda-backed rebel group M23. And why curry may soon be off the menu in Japan.

Guests and host:

Jeremy Page, chief China correspondent

John McDermott, chief Africa correspondent

Moeka Iida, Japan correspondent

Rosie Blau, host of “The Intelligence”

Topics covered:

Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, Russia, nuclear proliferation

Congo, Goma, M23, Rwanda

Japan, India…

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