Before ending a six-day trip to Israel, the leader of the Chinese Parliament secretly visited Israel Aircraft Industries to observe a surveillance plane being built for Beijing, the Israeli daily Ha’aretz reported. Li Peng’s visit was reportedly fit in between visits to the President’s Office, Parliament and the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial.
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