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Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China for a two-day state visit, Chinese and Russian state media reported on Thursday. Putin and his delegation arrived in Beijing early on Thursday, where a meeting with state and party leader Xi Jinping was on the programme. Putin also wants to travel to the northern Chinese industrial city of Harbin and visit a Russian-Chinese trade fair there. It is Putin’s first trip abroad since the start of his fifth term in office just over a week ago. While in China he expects to conclude several co-operation agreements. The choice of Beijing as the firs…

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