Bangkok: On Thursday, the leaders of China and Japan will hold their first face-to-face talks in three years, after North Korea fired the latest record-breaking missile blitz that has sent nuclear fears soaring. Chinese President Xi Jinping flies into the talks in Bangkok from a G20 meeting in Bali where US President Joe Biden pressed him to use his influence to rein in Pyongyang’s activities. As Xi and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida prepared to meet, North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile and warned Washington and its allies to expect a “fiercer” military response.
