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Long time no Syria

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Xi Jinping cozied up to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday, in Hangzhou.
In a joint statement, China pledged support for Syria (MoFA):

"Safeguarding its national independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity...and taking a development path that suits their national conditions."...