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China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) shakes hands with ...
Feb 21st, 2012
(Reuters) - China's Vice President Xi Jinping (L) shakes hands with Turkey's President Abdullah Gul as he arrives at the Presidential Palace in Ankara February 21, 2012. China's leader-in-waiting Xi visits Turkey on Tuesday, his last stop on a trip that has taken him to the United States and Ireland, a recognition of Ankara's growing global economic and diplomatic clout. REUTERS/Umit Bektas (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS) -
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