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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, Aug. 25

Xinhua, August 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

New Zealand will continue to develop security relationship with China, which has seen the two militaries increase cooperation in recent years, Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee said Thursday.

China was pivotal to security in the Asia-Pacific region, which stood to benefit from a prosperous and peaceful China as an active and positive participant in international systems, Brownlee said in a published speech to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs in Wellington. (New Zealand-China-Security)

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BRASILIA -- Brazil and China are set to sign an agreement to expand cooperation in trade and services on the sidelines of the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) Summit to be held in China in September, a senior Brazilian official said on Wednesday.

The deal will benefit sectors accounting for up to 58 percent of Brazil's gross domestic product (GDP), said Brazilian Minister of Industry, Trade and Services Marcos Pereira, adding he had discussed the proposed agreement with interim President Michel Temer. (Brazil-China-Trade)

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LUSAKA -- The Chinese government has offered 200 Zambian students scholarship awards this year to pursue various degree programs in China, a Chinese envoy said Wednesday. (China-Zambia-Scholarship)

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BRUSSELS -- A new Belgian airline aims to begin offering direct flights from three Chinese cities to Belgium next summer, Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir reported on Wednesday. (Belgium-China-Airline)

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NAY PYI TAW -- China provided on Wednesday over 33,000 U.S. dollars' (about 40 million kyats) humanitarian assistance to Myanmar's flood victims. (China-Myanmar-Aid)

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TOKYO -- China, Japan and South Korea pledged on Wednesday to make concerted efforts to ensure the success of the Group of 20 (G20) summit to be held in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sept. 4-5.

The pledge was made during the eighth China-Japan-South Korea foreign ministers' meeting which was held here on Wednesday. (China-S.Korea-Japan)

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TEHRAN -- The Belt and Road Initiative would further advance the win-win cooperation between Iran and China, Iranian experts have said.

The China-proposed initiative could promote interaction between the Iranians and Chinese and can be a turning point with win-win venture in bilateral ties, Mohammad H. Emadi, advisor to Iran's Agricultural Ministry, told Xinhua in an interview. (Iran-China-Belt and Road) Endi