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12"%&3!"#$%&' 4#5&$"6%)Carlyle Thayer
Paper delivered to the2ndInternational Conference on Chinas Maritime Strategyco-sponsored by the Institute of Global and Public Affairs
and the Shanghai Maritime Strategy Research CenterThe University of Macau
September 19-20, 2014
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, and Le Hong Anh,Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the Vietnam Communist Party
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