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Chinese citizens celebrated the start of the Year of the Ox on Monday (Photo: EUobserver)

Chinese premier embarks on fence-mending tour of Europe

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao will arrive in Europe on Tuesday (27 January) for a visit that Chinese foreign ministry officials have described as a 'Journey of Confidence.'

His first stop will be the World Economic Forum annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, ahead of a number of scheduled meetings with European leaders in a bid to mend fences following the postponing of last month's EU-China summit.

China called off the summit in protest against French President Nicholas Sarkozy's...

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Chinese citizens celebrated the start of the Year of the Ox on Monday (Photo: EUobserver)

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