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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 19, 2017. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met here Sunday with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
It is Tillerson's first visit to China since he assumed office last month. Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held separate meetings with Tillerson on Saturday.
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