Thai prime minister visits China on trade mission
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Beijing - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived inBeijing on Tuesday for a three-day visit to China to discuss boostingtrade and linking the countries by high-speed train.
China saw Yingluck's visit as a chance to "further deepen mutualunderstanding and trust, and drive the China-Thailand relationship toa higher level," Premier Wen Jiabao told Yingluck during a welcomeceremony at Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
Yingluck thanked Wen for China's "high-level and warm welcome" andsaid her visit would "promote the development of the two countries'relationship," state media reported.
Thailand's first female prime minister was accompanied byrepresentatives of 100 Thai companies.//DPA
