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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 1130 GMT, July 8

Xinhua, July 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo on Wednesday highlighted the increasingly important role played by China in multilateral trade consultations since it became a WTO member in December 2001.

"China has always been a very strong supporter of multilateralism and of the WTO and has been very constructive in negotiations," Azevedo told Xinhua in an interview here. (WTO-China-Trade-Interview)

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SAN JOSE, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Costa Rica's third largest party the Broad Front has said that China and the Philippines should hold direct talks over their dispute in the South China Sea.

The party's executive committee issued a declaration this week saying it supported China's call for a "peaceful and negotiated" resolution to the dispute. (Costa Rica-China-South China Sea)

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RABAT, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan King Mohammed VI inaugurated here on Thursday a Chinese-built and Africa's largest cable-stayed bridge.

Dubbed after the name of Moroccan King, Mohammed VI Bridge was built by Chinese group Cover-Mbec with 72 million U.S. dollars investment. (Morocco-China-Bridge)

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NIAMEY, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Embassy in Niger has donated large quantities of food aid for the benefit of people living with HIV/AIDS in the country.

While donating the foodstuffs on Wednesday, Chinese Ambassador to Niger, Shi Hu, said the donation was a modest contribution to improvement of living conditions of people infected with AIDS. (Niger-China-Food Aid) Endi