Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat hopes that Beijing will support his drive for an independent Palestinian state, he was quoted as telling the Chinese news agency Xinhua. Arafat is slated to arrive in Beijing on Monday for three days of meetings with Chinese leaders.
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