Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘happy Xinjiang’ comments ‘mistranslated’ in China

  • Turkish officials claim Beijing refused to correct the record when error spotted in statement of meeting with Xi Jinping

Jun Mai
Jun Mai

Updated: 2:18pm, 23 Jul, 2019

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing earlier this month. Photo: Reuters
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