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China, Russia vow further inter-parliamentary, economic cooperation

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Zhang Yeju, a law student at China University of Political Science and Law was greeted by another student on his way to class. The problem was Zhang, 19, did not know the guy at all. 19岁的张宇杰（音译）就读于中国政法大学法律专业，

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