The Chinese president was especially friendly with his North Korean counterpart, whom he greeted with a broad smile and an affectionate handshake. Cameras carefully captured the moment when Xi, Putin, and Kim walked side by side, climbing the stairs of the imposing structure almost in unison. Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-Un in Beijing, September 3. Dozens of perfectly aligned formations awaited on Chang’an Avenue, at one end of Tiananmen Square. Military helicopters fly in the formation of the number 80 over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.