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Inaugurated first China-India air link

Beijng, China - "Historic event"

With the take-off from Beijng of a China Eastern Airlines A340 heading to India the first ever link between China and India has been inaugurated. "That's an historic event for both our countries", stated Zhang Qiye, Chinese Defence minister spokesman. So after 1960s frontier war, and despite both Beijng-Islamabad old friendship and the presence of abuot 120.000 Chinese refugees in Tibet, it seems...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 25789
Rome, Italy, 03/28/2002 15:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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