Xinhua: China Wants to Mend Ties With Vietnam

China's President Xi Jinping told a special envoy from Vietnam on Wednesday that both countries should be “friendly to each other” to help mend ties after a flare-up over sovereignty in the South China Sea, the official Xinhua news agency said. The visit to Beijing by Le Hongh Anh, a member of the Vietnamese Communist Party's powerful politburo, is the first sign of a concerted effort to heal the rift between the two countries, which share annual trade worth $50 billion. “[I]...

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