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'Chinese' dictionary can help talks

The creation of a simplified-traditional Chinese character dictionary is a good idea that would make it easier for people on the two sides of the Taiwan Straits to communicate, the spokeswoman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Jun 25 2009

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