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China charges fugitive businessman with smuggling

14/02/2012 : Prosecutors in southeast China have brought formal charges of bribery and smuggling against a fugitive businessman repatriated from Canada in a bitter deportation row, state press said Monday.
Chinese envoy pays rare visit to southern Taiwan

14/02/2012 : A Chinese envoy on Monday toured a southern Taiwan city, in a rare visit by a top mainland official to the area known for its vehement anti-China sentiment, officials said.

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