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Article: China opens diplomatic relations with Nauru
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- July 21, 2002
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Dateline: HONG KONG
China signed an agreement establishing diplomatic relations with the
tiny Pacific island state of Nauru on Sunday.
The joint communique was signed at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign
Affair's Hong Kong office by Assistant Foreign Minister Zhou Wenzhong
and Rene Harris, President of the Republic of Nauru.
This was the first time that China has signed a diplomatic establishment
agreement in Hong Kong since it regained sovereignty over this former
British colony five years ago.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said the ceremony was held in
Hong Kong "because both sides consider Hong Kong a more convenient
venue."
A Foreign Ministry ...