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Montenegro Ambassador Branko Perovic hosted a ministerial delegation late last month led by the minister of transportation and maritime affairs, Ivan Brajovic, and the minister of finance, Radoje Zugic.

Talks with Chinese officials including Minister of Transport Yang Chuantang and Vice-Minister of Finance Zhang Shaochun, focused on possibilities for future partnership in infrastructure projects in Montenegro, with emphasis on highway and thermo electric companies.

New Zealand Ambassador to China Carl Worker doesn't normally receive guests as early as 4:45 am, but that's when the embassy residence gates opened recently for a dawn memorial service.

The ANZAC Day event, marking the sunrise landing of World War I troops on Gallipoli in 1915, rotates each year between the Australia and New Zealand embassies, and expatriates from both countries turned out for the 40-minute service and a traditional "gunfire breakfast".

The Beijing observance ends with a May 25 gala on the Great Wall, one of the most coveted party tickets in the expatriate community.

The Group of African Ambassadors' Spouses hosted a capacity-crowd gala last weekend, launching the Africa Delicacies cookbook to raise funds for victims of the recent Sichuan earthquake.

The cookbook project organizer, Felege Hiwot Berhe of Ethiopia, said the group was eager to present the beauty of African food culture to Chinese people as well as raise money for charity.

The colorful book will be available online (www.gaasbeijing.org) for 400 yuan ($65), and the recipes have ingredient lists adapted for home cooking in China.

Two representative dishes from 34 African countries are included, with details on their origin, ingredients and the preparation required. This year is the 30th anniversary of GAAS Beijing.

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