FILE PHOTO: Wu Dawei (C), China's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs, arrives before a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se in Seoul, South Korea April 10, 2017. REUTERS/Pool
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - The travels and travails of China’s veteran point man on North Korea underscore China’s growing frustration in its efforts to broker a negotiated solution to rising tensions between North Korea and the United States.
Wu Dawei, 70, spent an unusually long five days in Seoul last week. He met with presidential candidates as well as South Korea's chief nuclear envoy, partly in a bid to ease tensions as a U.S. aircraft carrier group headed towards the region ahead of U.S. Vice President Mike's Pence's visit this week.
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