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Chinese Premier Wen Jiaobao makes unprecedented apology - over one word

China’s Prime Minister has caused a sensation with an unprecedented letter of apology by a Communist Party leader. ...full story at Times Online

from Times Online on Thu, Oct 15 2009

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