South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will make a state visit to China next week as the two countries try to find a way through their intense economic rivalry to improve ties.
The trip will make Lee the first sitting South Korean president to travel to China since 2019, and will include a three-day stop in Beijing from Sunday, a presidential official in Seoul said on Tuesday.
Lee will meet President Xi Jinping in the Chinese capital before heading to Shanghai and then back to Seoul.
The talks…