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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, Oct. 5

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with his Ecuadorian counterpart Guillaume Long here Tuesday and they agreed on furthering strategic cooperation.

China and Ecuador, as two developing countries, share similar historical experiences and are now faced with the common goal of development, Wang said. (Ecuador-China-Wang Yi)

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UNITED NATIONS -- A Chinese envoy on Tuesday called for a stronger response from the international community to counter the cross-border movement of foreign terrorist fighters.

Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the appeal here at a meeting on counter-terrorism, noting that the frequent cross-border flow of foreign terrorist fighters has caused ever greater harm to international security and stability. (UN-China-Counter Terrorism)

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ROME -- Small food producers, restaurant owners, chefs, and professors from China are joining the Slow Food movement worldwide in order to create a greener and more sustainable lifestyle in the future, according to the head of the Slow Food organization for China.

"For the first time in its history, Slow Food China took part in the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto gathering in Italy," president of Slow Food China Qiao Ling told Xinhua in a recent interview in Turin, referring to the annual exhibition of food, agricultural products in Italy. (Italy-China-Slow Food)

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ATHENS -- Visiting senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Liu Yunshan said here Tuesday China hoped the Piraeus port project could become a good example for closer China-Greece cooperation.

China has treated Greece as a sincere friend and strategic partner, said Liu during a meeting with Greek Prime Minister and leader of the ruling SYRIZA party Alexis Tsipras. (China-Greece-Visit) Endi