China, Norway to Resume Talks on Free Trade as Ties Warm

Beijing and Norway will resume talks on a free-trade deal, China said Tuesday, as part of normalizing ties six years after Beijing froze out the Scandinavian country over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to an imprisoned Chinese dissident.   The two sides agreed to restart negotiations after Norway "made important and explicit statements on issues concerning China's sovereignty and territorial integrity,'' said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying at a...

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