Xi watches an artistic performance in Pyongyang during a state visit to the DPRK
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watch an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the DPRK, June 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watch an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the DPRK, June 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watch an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the DPRK, June 8, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
Artists perform during an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), June 8, 2026. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and his wife Peng Liyuan, along with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, and Kim’s wife Ri Sol Ju, watched the performance on Monday evening. (Xinhua/Li Yan)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
