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The seventh ASEM summit opens in Beijing
(Asianewsphoto/Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-25 09:30


China's President Hu Jintao (R) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing October 24, 2008. Leaders from Japan and China agreed on Friday to set up a hotline to deepen trust and ties between Asia's two biggest economies and vowed to work together to help the global efforts to curb the financial crisis. [Agencies]