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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a surprise visit to China on Saturday, crossing a newly opened bridge into the border city of Dandong and meeting with a senior Chinese official, Yonhap and Korea Times report. State media said Kim vowed to promote the two countries' 'longstanding relationship forged in blood,' and he expressed hope to expand cooperation with Beijing. Analysts cited by KBS World and Korea Times suggest the trip, days before the anniversary of Chinese troops entering the Korean War, was aimed at reaffirming historic 'blood ties' while Beijing watches Moscow. Korean media frame the visit as a reminder that the peninsula's future cannot be understood through inter-Korean relations alone, with Korea Times urging that the visit 'must lead to restraint.'