155 Chinese workers pardoned
By Wang Xu | China Daily | Updated: 2015-07-31 07:45
Maintaining positive relations with Beijing a likely factor in loggers' release, expert says
The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it values moves by the Myanmar government to secure the release of 155 Chinese workers who were granted a presidential pardon on Thursday. They had been detained since January.
The workers returned to China through Tengchong in Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar, at about 7 pm.
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