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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, Dec. 15

Xinhua, December 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

Starting in December 2016, Chinese tourists will be able to make payments using the Alipay application in the Czech Republic, said Simona Svobodova, Sims MANAGEMENT founder, in the press release here on Wednesday.

Sims MANAGEMENT is Alipay's cooperator. It will provide Alipay services for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Gastro Group, a business network with over 19 businesses in Prague's city center, will be the first to accept Alipay e-payments. (Czech-Alipay)

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NEW YORK -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Wednesday expressed optimism over U.S.-China relations in the upcoming Trump administration.

"When a new president examines the national interest of the United States, he will come to a conclusion that a good relationship with China is an important element," he told an event co-hosted by China's Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and the Committee of 100, a nonpartisan organization. (US-China-Kissinger)

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LA PAZ -- China inked an agreement with Bolivia on Tuesday to help the South American country implement a smart-tech project to improve its public security system.

In the presence of Bolivian President Evo Morales, Bolivian Interim Minister of Planning and Development Veronica Ramos and Chinese Ambassador Wu Yuanshan signed the agreement at the presidential palace, agreeing to promote the BOL-110 Public Security Integrated System Project. (Bolivia-China-Cooperation)

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PARIS -- An 18th-century Chinese imperial seal was auctioned for 21 million euros (about 22 million U.S. dollars) in Paris on Wednesday, refreshing a world record for this kind of bids.

The bidding battle between potential buyers raised the seal's price more than 20 times its estimated price. (China-Auction)

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WELLINGTON -- One of China's big four commercial banks is giving New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra a funding facility valued at 1.5 billion yuan (216.27 million U.S. dollars) so it can grow its business in China.

Bank of China New Zealand said Thursday it had signed a landmark agreement with farmer-owned cooperative Fonterra for a multi-currency bank facility, including a Chinese currency component. (NZealand-China-Cooperation) Endi