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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 1000 GMT, Sept. 4

Xinhua, September 4, 2016 Adjust font size:

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday spoke highly of the ratification of the landmark Paris climate change agreement by China and the United States, calling for accelerated efforts from other countries to join the ambitious pact.

"With China and the United States making this historic step, we now have 26 parties in the UNFCCC (U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Convention) and 39 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions accounted for," Ban said at a press conference on the sidelines of the 11th Group of 20 (G20) summit in this eastern Chinese city. (China-G20-Climate Change )

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BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine media Saturday hailed the meeting between Argentine President Mauricio Macri and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hangzhou, believing it would push forward relations between the two countries in economic and trade sectors.

Macri, who has come to the eastern Chinese city to attend the G20 summit scheduled for Sunday and Monday, met Xi on Saturday. (Argentina-G20)

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HANGZHOU -- British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in this eastern Chinese city on Sunday for the 11th leaders' meeting of the G20 economies, her major international summit debut.

At the summit, themed "Toward an Innovative, Invigorated, Interconnected and Inclusive World Economy," Britain is to show it is "open for business as a bold, confident, outward-looking country" and will be a "global leader" on free trade, May said Saturday before leaving for China. (Britain-G20 Summit-Prime Minister)

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazilian airplane manufacturer, Embraer, has signed a contract to sell up to five E190 planes to China's Colorful Guizhou Airlines for a value of up to 249 million U.S. dollars, the company announced late on Friday.

In a press release, Embraer said the sale was concluded Friday during a Brazil-China business seminar in Shanghai, attended by Brazil's President Michel Temer. (Brazil-China-Contract) Endi