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March 25, 2014

Chinese leader means business on lavish French trip
Lyon (AFP) March 25, 2014
France rolled out the red carpet for China's leader Tuesday as he arrived for a nostalgia-tinged trip due to be dominated by the signing of scores of business deals. President Xi Jinping and his glamorous wife Peng Liyuan touched down in the eastern city of Lyon, where authorities were on maximum alert, closing streets, forcing some residents to carry a proof of address to get home and mobilising hundreds of riot police. The power couple will be given VIP treatment on their three-day visit to Fr ... read more

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