South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Monday underscored the importance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming visit to the country, making clear that Seoul would not naturally take the side of its traditional ally Washington in its rivalry with Beijing. Moon’s remarks, made to journalists convened for his first press conference of the year, came as his foreign policy and security adviser said last week that Seoul would likely come under pressure from the incoming US administration in a…

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