Heads together

摘要

Those seeking to confirm reports ear-lier this week that North Korea's boss, Kim Jong Il, was in a secret huddle with China's leaders could do little more than stake out swanky Beijing restaurants (the reclusive Mr Kim is something of a foodie). Only after his special train had pulled out again did China's news agency acknowledge that Mr Kim and China's president, Hu Jintao, had agreed "to continue jointly pushing forward the six-party talks process". Does that mean there will be a breakthrough in diplomatic efforts, which also include America, South Korea, Japan and Russia, to end the threat from North Korea's nuclear tinkering? It would not come a moment too soon.