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Nikolic arrives in China, set to attend military parade

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has arrived in China for a state visit.

He will attend a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of victory over fascism in Beijing on September 3, the president's office said on Sunday.

Chinese investments and infrastructure projects in Serbia are "of great importance for the strengthening of economic cooperation between the two countries."

This is what President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping and his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic concluded in Beijing on Monday, according to a statement from the Serbian Presidency.

The United States has sent a warning to Beijing about Chinese agents it says are operating covertly in the United States to pressure fugitives, including some suspected of corruption, to return to China, the New York Times reported on Aug. 16. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an met his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for talks in Beijing on July 29, in a visit expected to cover trade ties, missile defense program bargaining and spat over the Asian giant?s Uighur minority. 

Turkey's importance has increased in the eyes of China but a lack of trust as a result of a large information deficit continues to be the main problem obstructing the full potential of bilateral ties, according to Umut Ergunsü, a young academic living in China The main problem between Turkey and China is a lack of communication, lack of knowledge about each other and a corresponding lack

In a letter to his Serbian counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping thanked him for the major contribution to improving relations between the two countries.

The letter was delivered to Tomislav Nikolic by Chinese Ambassador in Belgrade Li Manchang, the president's press service said, according to Tanjug.

Two recent initiatives will likely galvanize the "Middle Kingdom" - already the world's most populous country, second largest economy, number-one trading nation, and biggest energy consumer - into further consolidating its global ambitions. 

A 3,000-metre (9,800-foot) airstrip Beijing is building on a reef in disputed waters in the South China Sea, where tensions are mounting with its neighbours, is "nearly complete", a US think-tank said.
 

China passed a wide-ranging new national security law on July 1, expanding its legal reach over the Internet and even outer space as concerns grow about ever-tighter limits on rights.

Former Chinese security chief Zhou Yongkang, the highest ranking ex-official to be investigated for corruption in decades, was sentenced on June 11 to life in prison at a secret trial, state-media said.