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High-ranking China official visits Italy, hails Belt and Road memorandum
video A high-ranking Chinese Communist Party official has visited Italy amid media reports saying that the European nation is considering a withdrawal from Beijing's Belt and Road economic zone initiative. The Communist Party said Liu Jianchao, the head of the International Department of the party's Central Committee, attended a meeting with businesspeople in Milan on Sunday. Italy is the only Group of Seven country to have signed a memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road initiative. In the meeting, Liu hailed Italy's signing of the memorandum, saying the country made the right decision, keeping in mind ... (full story)