Then Zhu said he would accept Hsieh's reciprocal invitation to go to Kaohsiung.

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Expected in Kaohsiung this month for an environmental conference is Yang Xiaoming, deputy secretary of China's semi-official body handling bilateral talks.

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The Chinese city of Shanghai, which last year overtook Kaohsiung as the world's fourth-largest port (after Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea's Pusan), saw traffic rise by an almost-as-impressive 35.6%.

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Another rally swamped Kaohsiung in the south.

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