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China and France should strengthen high-level exchanges to enhance mutual trust and deepen strategic cooperation on both bilateral and international issues, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday.
With Vice-Premier Ma Kai, the highest official from Beijing to visit Brussels so far this year, concluding his trip at the European Union headquarters last week, China and the EU have started to iron out their differences and bring their strategic partnership to a higher level.
Death toll has risen to four as storm swept the southern parts of Britain on Monday, cutting power supplies and disrupting traffic.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that China poses no danger to Russia, and bilateral cooperation between the two countries will bring mutual benefit.
The US may have bugged Angela Merkel's phone for more than 10 years, according to a news report on Saturday that also said President Barack Obama told the German leader he would have stopped it happening had he known about it.
Russia has confirmed its intention to expand influence in the Arctic. Artur Chilingarov, a veteran Artic explorer said the extension of the operating season of the northern sea lane and the development of new naval and civil icebreaker technology all augur well as the country seeks to expand its regional influence.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said that tsunami waves at 30 cm high were observed in Ishinomaki city in Miyagi prefecture at about 3:07 am local time after a 7.1- magnitude quake hit off Fukushima prefecture in northeastern Japan early Saturday morning.
Britain's Prince George was christened on Wednesday in a service attended by just 21 guests, a small and private ceremony for a baby whose parents want to shield him from too much media intrusion.
The leaders of both sides should have the courage and vision to discuss a fresh beginning of co-op this year, which marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the EU-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
FM Wang Yi will kick off his first official visit to Europe on Sunday to show China's support for the continent as it continues to reel from the eurozone crisis.
China and the European Union (EU) on Thursday agreed to push forward China-EU relations by fighting against protectionism, sticking to an open market and strengthening bilateral cooperation.
The European Union will seek talks with the US over the alleged spying on its European allies under a Franco-German initiative.