China invites North Korea to major economic summit, despite U.S. pressure

BEIJING — A North Korean delegation will attend a large multilateral economic summit in Beijing next week, China’s foreign ministry announced Tuesday, underlining its reluctance to join American efforts to completely isolate the regime in Pyongyang. President Trump has set great store in China’s ability to help persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/05/09/china-invites-north-korea-to-major-economic-summit-despite-u-s-pressure/