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Tue 08 Aug 2008Ambassador insists 'mutual benefits' underpin relationships with Africa
CHINA'S AFRICA - ANGOLA:China's link with Angola is about much more than its reserves of crude oil, diplomat tells Mary Fitzgerald
THREE MONTHS ago Zhang Bolun arrived in Luanda to become China's new ambassador to Angola. It is his first posting in Africa following decades working as a diplomat in Latin America. He speaks fluent Spanish but, he admits apologetically, no Portuguese - so far.
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