China Investors Find a Hot New Stock Trade in North Korea Visit
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A planned meeting between the top leaders of China and North Korea has sent stocks of companies with businesses near the two countries’ border surging.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Pyongyang for talks with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un on Thursday, state media reported. The two-day trip will be Xi’s first visit as a Chinese leader to North Korea, as well as the first by China’s top official in about 14 years to the impoverished state that depends on Beijing for economic support.