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"I look forward to working with both my friend President Donald Trump and my old friend President Xi Jinping for the mutual benefit of both of our countries and the rest of the world."

Terry Branstad, US ambassador to China, said after the US Senate voted to confirm him for the post.

"We've noticed related movement. ... The situation on the Korean Peninsula is complicated and sensitive. We again urge all sides to avoid activities that provoke each other and intensify tensions and to pull the situation back to the right track of dialogue and consultation."

Huachun Ying, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, urging all related parties to remain calm and restrained on May 22 after Pyongyang conducted its latest missile test

"AlphaGo is completely different from what it was one year ago. In the past, it had shortcomings. But now it is progressing so fast that I have not found any of its weaknesses yet."

Ke Jie, 19-year-old Chinese prodigy, speaking at a news conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, after losing a close game by half a point, in the first of three matches in the ancient game of Go, against Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo on May 23.

(China Daily European Weekly 05/26/2017 page2)