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Article: Interview: Rehabilitation programs for students cement friendship between China, Russia
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 5, 2008
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Interview: Rehabilitation programs for students cement friendship
between China, Russia
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Russia's invitation to
quake-affected Chinese students to participate in rehabilitation
programs further deepens friendship between the two peoples and
consolidates the social basis for bilateral relations, a Chinese
diplomat said.
A devastating earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale hit
China's southwestern region on May 12, leaving about 70,000 people
dead and 374,000 injured, with 18,000 still reported missing.
During his visit to China in May, Russian President Dmitry