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People's Daily Online -- Montevideo, Chinese Qingdao become sister cities
<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>People's Daily Online -- Montevideo, Chinese Qingdao become sister cities</TITLE> <LINK rel="stylesheet" href="http://english.people.com.cn/other/new.css"> <script> function init() { if (confirm("Print Now?")) window.print() } </script> </HEAD> <BODY onload="init()"> <CENTER><TABLE width=640 border=0> <TR><TD><H2>Montevideo, Chinese Qingdao become sister cities</H2><p><a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/uruguay.html" target="_blank">Uruguay</a>'s capital Montevideo and China's Qingdao city became sister cities after representatives from the two cities signed an agreement Thursday. </p><p>The establishment of sister city ties will help boost mutual understanding and friendship between peoples of the two countries, said the agreement. </p><p>Under the principle of mutual benefit, the two sides will carryout cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, science and technology, culture, education, sports and personnel exchanges. </p><p>Montevideo, a city with a history of some 300 years, is Uruguay's center of politics, economy, trade, finance and culture while Qingdao is an important port city in <a href="http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/data/province/shandong.html" target="_blank">Shandong</a> Province, East China. </p><p></p><BR><BR></TR> <TR><TD><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica" color="red"><b>People's Daily Online --- http://english.people.com.cn/</b></font></TD></TR> </TABLE></CENTER> </BODY></HTML>