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Official relations between the world’s two fastest growing economies have come a long way since the two fought a brief border war in 1962.
While condemning Pyongyang's satellite launch, Beijing is also opposed to the deployment of US anti-missile weapons in South Korea.
Russian ally China is opposed to Pyongyang's nuclear programme and has appealed for calm.
South Africa-China trade jumped by 32 per cent between 2012 from R205 billion to R270 billion in 2013, making China the country’s largest trading partner.
But the CDC also said that sexual transmission of Zika virus is possible.
Rescue operations are focusing on destroyed or partially collapsed buildings.
UN workers said last month they have seen starving people and malnourished children in two besieged Syrian areas.
The Communist Party has ruled the country since 1949.
The last time China used a range, rather than singular figure, to forecast economic growth was in 1995.
Analysts said inflow of new business was a key driver of the improvement in the gauge.
