Envoy to DPRK has trusted skill set

New ambassador tasked with expanding China's economic links and cooling nuclear ambitions

China's newly appointed ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is on a mission to warm up relations between the neighbors against a backdrop of the DPRK's recent outreach to Russia, experts said.

Yang Xiyu, a researcher for the China Institute of International Studies, said the new ambassador is both senior and seasoned and is expected to improve relations and facilitate nuclear talks.