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China offers praise, friendship for North Korea

China’s top diplomat has praised the leadership of North Korea and vowed closer ties despite an international outcry over the isolated state’s recent missile launch. Dai Bingguo, who is China’s most senior official on foreign policy, made the comments Sunday in a meeting in Beijing with Kim Yong-Il