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A Chinese sports delegation arrives at the airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, today
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A LARGE group of Chinese athletes and sports officials arrived in North Korea today in the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the two countries this year.
The Chinese group is led by Gou Zhongwen, the director of China’s General Administration of Sports. He was greeted at Pyongyang’s airport by North Korea’s minister of sports, Kim Il Guk.
China’s Xinhua News Agency said the Chinese delegation includes men’s and women’s basketball teams.
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