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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for an immediate ceasefire in South Sudan as it became clear that peace talks were faltering.
Fighting broke out three weeks ago after former vice-president Riek Machar allegedly started a coup against President Salva Kiir.
China is the biggest investor in South Sudan's oil industry. It is the nation's largest export, but the industry has been wrecked by the conflict.
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