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China and South Korea's presidents meet

CHINESE President Xi Jinping will meet South Korean President Park Geun Hye in Seoul tomorrow for talks on a bilateral free trade agreement.

It will be Ms Park’s fifth meeting with her Chinese counterpart since she took office early last year.

Mr Xi’s decision to return last year’s visit to Beijing by Ms Park rather than drop in on traditional ally North Korea first is a departure from practise over the past two decades.

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