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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9234
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/china

In Beijing, Borrell speaks of human rights and Tibet

Brussels, 17/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - “China has woken up but there are no reasons to tremble”, Josep Borrell states in a press release after his seven-day visit to Beijing and Tibet. “I visited China eighteen years ago and today it is an entirely new China”, the president of the European Parliament said, noting that “China is still a developing country with the same problems of an ageing population as Europe”. “This century could very well be China's century”, Mr Borrell...

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