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New Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu makes his debut

Ma Zhaoxu appeared for the first time as a press spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Ministries regular press conference held yesterday afternoon. Not long ago, he succeeded Liu Jianchao to become Director-General of the Information... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Feb 25 2009

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