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We will take special measures to train professionals for joint operations ... and speed up the development and deployment of advanced military technologies."

Xi Jinping, president and commander-in-chief of the Central Military Commission Joint Command Headquarters.

"Self-testing could provide a solution and reach out to those under the radar, helping to link them to care, such as counseling and treatment."

Wu Zunyou, head of the National Center for AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control and Prevention, saying China will make HIV self-test kits more widely available to diagnose as many people as possible and provide them with timely treatment.

"Once this route is commonly used, it will directly change global maritime transportation and have a profound influence on international trade, the world economy, capital flows and resource exploitation."

Liu Pengfei, spokesman for China's Maritime Safety Administration, announcing a plan to help ships under its flag navigate the Arctic via a Northwest Passage route 30 percent shorter than using the Panama Canal.

(China Daily Africa Weekly 04/22/2016 page2)