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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, Nov. 14

Xinhua, November 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday discussed China-U.S. relations with Donald Trump in a telephone conversation.

Xi congratulated Trump on his election as U.S. president and expressed his willingness to work with him.

Since the two countries established formal ties 37 years ago, bilateral relations have been continuously progressing, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples and promoting world and regional peace, stability and prosperity, Xi said. (China-US-Relations)

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ANKARA -- China stands ready to further promote its relations with the United States on the new starting point following the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Sunday.

Wang made the remarks at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, after they held the first meeting under the China-Turkey foreign ministers' consultation mechanism.

Asked whether China has made contact with Trump's team, Wang said China maintains close contact with the U.S. side at various levels, adding that it is a consensus shared by the U.S. Republican Party and the Democratic Party to constantly develop and deepen China-U.S. relations. (China-US-Ties)

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LIMA -- Peru and China are in the right time to further promote their economic ties to higher level, said Peruvian economist to Xinhua ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to the South American country.

"The most important task is now to consolidate the advances in economic relations made since Peru and China began their free-trade agreement (FTA) in 2010," Peruvian economist, Fernando Gonzalez, told Xinhua.

(China-Peru-Ties)

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KAIKOURA -- The first batch of six Chinese tourists has been airlifted from the worst-hit town of Kaikoura to Christchurch after a deadly quake rocked much of New Zealand early Monday.

Staff with the Chinese consulate general in Christchurch, the country's second largest city, told Xinhua that "altogether 21 Chinese tourists, including one slightly injured in the head, have been found trapped in Kaikoura so far, and they are all safe now." (New Zealand-Quake-Tourist)

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