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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0930 GMT, Oct. 15

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China has signed 2 billion U.S. dollars worth of cooperation agreements with Haiti, local media reported on Friday.

Planning and Foreign Cooperation Minister Aviol Fleurant said he had signed two memorandums of understanding, as part of a trade cooperation agreement with China, the daily Haiti Libre said. (Haiti-China-Cooperation)

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CANBERRA -- Chinese tourism to the Australian state of Tasmania has dropped dramatically after an influx in 2014, a report has revealed.

Tourism Australia statistics released on Saturday showed that there was a decline in Chinese tourists visiting the island-state of 14 percent from 2015 to 2016. (Australia-China-Tourism)

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MEXICO CITY -- A new archaeological find announced on Friday in Mexico attests to China's age-old vocation as an exporting powerhouse.

Mexican archaeologists have uncovered thousands of fragments of a 400-year-old shipment of Chinese "export-quality porcelain" that was long buried in the Pacific Coast port of Acapulco. (Mexico-China-Porcelain) Endi