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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US>Liu Guchang (R Sitting), Chinese ambassador to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>, and the president of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Russian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> for Humanities sign an agreement on the establishment of Confucius Institute in <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, capital of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Russia</st1:place></st1:country-region>, Dec. 27, 2006. More than 130 Confucius Institutes have been set up in more than 50 countries. (Xinhua Photo/Shen Bohan)</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=center><SPAN lang=EN-US>Liu Guchang (R), Chinese ambassador to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>, and the president of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Russian</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> for Humanities exchange the text of the agreement on the establishment of Confucius Institute in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>, Dec. 26, 2006. (Xinhua Photo/Shen Bohan)</SPAN></P>
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