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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 1100 GMT, Aug. 27

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Togolese ministers Friday commended China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC)'s social responsibility for its contribution to the country's infrastructure construction and youth sports.

The Chinese company has constructed facilities such as handball, basketball and volleyball grounds in the Youth Center of Amadanhome neighborhood in the capital Lome and donated sports equipment. (Togo-China)

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HAVANA -- Cuba and China on Friday signed new agreements aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation in a number of fields.

Zhang Xiangchen, deputy international trade representative with China's Ministry of Commerce, and Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuba's Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, signed the conclusive documents for joint projects in the sectors of telecommunications, industry and water resources. (Cuba-China)

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MELBOURNE -- As one of the world's leading economies and the host of the upcoming G20 summit, China is widely expected to inject dynamism into the group and be a part of the rule-making that will affect the future of the whole world, an Australian researcher told Xinhua in a recent interview.

Susan Harris Rimmer, an Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy at the Australian National University, said there are high expectations that China's G20 presidency breathes new vitality into the group. (Australia-G20)

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AMATRICE -- The communities in central Italy most affected by Aug. 24 major quake were reached by the Chinese solidarity on Friday through rescue workers, aids, and pledges of funds.

Chinese volunteers arrived from China to Amatrice on Thursday evening to add their efforts to the huge search operation under way in the area. (Italy-China-Quake)

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CAIRO -- The Chinese-Egyptian cultural year is a great chance to know more about Chinese culture, Anwar Moghith, director of Egypt's National Center for Translation (NCT), told Xinhua in a recent interview.

"The Chinese literature is rich, but we do not know much of it. That is why the cultural year is really important, as it is a gate to the Chinese culture," the Egyptian official said. (Egypt-China-Culture) Endi