Xinhua China-related world news summary at 1000 GMT, Nov. 25

Rising exports to China and Japan helped offset New Zealand's trade deficit in October, the government statistics agency said Friday.

New Zealand's total goods exports rose 2.2 percent year on year last month to 3.9 billion NZ dollars (2.73 billion U.S. dollars), with dairy exports up 13 percent to 1.1 billion NZ dollars (770.99 million U.S. dollars). (New Zealand-China-Export)

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HAMBURG, Germany -- Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has cautioned against a defensive approach to Chinese investment in Germany, saying that the German economy is dependent not only on foreign investment but also on foreign knowledge and know-how.

"In times of great global changes, China and Germany are very important partners for each other...Economic relations constitute an important component of this strategic partnership," Schroeder said in a keynote speech at the 7th "Hamburg Summit: China Meets Europe" which opened here Wednesday. (Schroeder-China-Investment)

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ATHENS -- Greece's public power corporation (PPC) on Thursday cleared the sale of a 24 percent stake in the Greek power grid operator ADMIE to China's State Grid International Development, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. (Greece-China-Sale)

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GRAN CANARIA, Spain -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Thursday that his country stands ready to work with Spain to further push forward bilateral cooperation.

China-Spain relations have witnessed sound development, Xi said when meeting with Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria during a stopover in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria on his way back home after wrapping up a week-long Latin America tour. (Spain-China-Relations) Endi