Venezuelan Newspaper Hails Chinese President's Latin American TourThe Venezuelan newspaper El Nacional Saturday hailed Chinese President Jiang Zemin's current tour to Latin America, saying its significance has gone beyond economic and commercial relations between China and the region.In an editorial, the newspaper also spoke highly of the friendship between China and Venezuela, the last leg of the Chinese president's trip which had already taken him to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Cuba. It said bilateral relations have become dynamic as several Chinese delegations had visited the country recently. It said that it was unfrequent for a president of the People's Republic of China to travel to the other side of the Pacific to tour a vast area. The editorial said China, at the dawn of the 21st century, is emerging as one of the great powers in the world. The negotiations process for its entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) could be taken as an evident sign of its disposition to expand its relations. A country like China is a market of such importance, that no nation, not even the United States, can afford to leave it aside, it added. China's economic strength and the discipline of the Chinese people will turn the country into a determinant factor of the international economy, the editorial said. |
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