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China, Britain hold strategic dialogue in Beijing

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-14 19:37
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BEIJING - China and Britain launched their first high level strategic dialogue here Wednesday.

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Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo and British Foreign Secretary William Hague co-chaired the meeting, which was also the first of its kind since the new British government took office.

The two countries used to conduct their strategic dialogues at a vice foreign minister-level. The mechanism was lifted to a higher level during former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's visit to China in March.