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China to build new embassy in US
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-07-14 09:39
China is to build a
new embassy complex in Washington, following agreement between the two
sides that will also see the United States construct a new embassy in
Beijing. Here the current embassy.
[AFP/file] | China will build a new embassy in the
US capital of Washington, D.C., the Chinese embassy in the United States
announced in a statement on Tuesday.
The Chinese side is making preparations for the start of the construction,
the statement said.
The site of the planned new building, which is expected to have a floor space
of 30,000 square meters, is about three km from the present embassy.
The statement didn't disclose how much the new embassy will cost and when the
construction will start, but said the construction will last about three years.
China and the United States have reached agreement on building a new embassy
in each other's capital after negotiations, and the groundbreaking ceremony for
the new US embassy in China was held in Beijing early this year, according to
the statement.
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