The surprise appearance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in China has attracted the attention of the world. It is certainly unprecedented that he visited China only three months after he was last there. But what is more incomprehensible are the circumstances of him leaving the country in a hurry without meeting former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who was visiting Pyongyang.
What is going on? Korean officials interpreted the move as a part of the process to name Kim Jung-un as his successor by touring Kim Il Sung memorial sites in China. Does it really explain this strange behaviour?
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