WORLD BRIEFING / CHINA
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President Hu Jintao called for strengthened cooperation with the United States as the two countries marked the 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties on New Year’s Day.
Thousands of doves were released in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square at dawn as the Chinese flag was raised. The U.S. switched diplomatic recognition from Nationalist Party-controlled Taiwan to communist China on Jan. 1, 1979.
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