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Xi Jinping urges conflict resolution in meetings with Thai and Cambodian PMs

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China is ready to help Bangkok and Phnom Penh sort out their territorial beef. That was Xi Jinping's message to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul during separate meetings in Shanghai on July 17. Some context: Historic territorial tensions between Thailand...



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