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International community appreciates China's response to quake: UN official

The swift response of the Chinese government to the massive earthquake last year in southwest China and its effectiveness and openness were highly appreciated by the international community, a senior UN official said in a recent interview with Xinhua. ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, May 12 2009

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