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Chinese President Hu Jintao traveled to South Korea Aug. 25, a day after the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, to hold his third meeting with South Korean president Lee Myung Bak since Lee came to office in February. During the meeting, the two discussed concrete steps to enhance their new-found “strategic partnership,” focusing primarily on economic and cultural issues, while also touching on security issues ranging from North Korea to expanded Chinese-South Korean military ties.

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