North Korea's Kim Jong-il (left) and China's Hu Jintao embrace in Changchun, China, Friday. Kim's chosen successor apparently did not go. (China Central Television via Associated Press)
In this image made on Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, from China Central Television footage, North Korea's Kim Jong-il (third from left) applauds with Chinese President Hu Jintao (right) during a banquet in Changchun, in northeast China's Jilin province, on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/CCTV via APTN)
