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15 November

China accepted as consultative member state of Antarctic Treaty;

Delegation led by L N Tolkunov, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, arrives as guests of Chinese National People's Congress;

Visit by Japanese Foreign Minister, Abe;

Visit by US Vice-President George Bush;

Visit by General Secretary of Italian Communist Party, Alessandro Natta;

Li Xiannian meets delegation from the assembly of Western European Union;

Visit by Hong Kong Chief Justice;

Premier Zhao Ziyang attends 40th anniversary of United Nations in New York (meetings with Mrs Thatcher, President Zia Ul Haq of Pakistan, Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany and President Rajiv Gandhi of India);

General Xu Shiyou, Vice-Chairman of the Central Advisory Commission of CCP dies;

Number of military area commands reduced from 11 to 7;

Visit by Federal German Vice- Chancellor Hans Dietrich Genscher;

Premier Zhao Ziyang visits Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina.

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48 Group open Peking office;

Visit by Rt Hon Michael Jopling MP, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;

Premier Zhao Ziyang declares China's support for Argentine claim to Falkland Islands;

Sino-Japanese offshore oil exploration agreement signed;

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