Staff writer
Tokyo and Beijing will begin formal talks this summer to determine a new two-year yen-loan package for China's infrastructure and other development projects, according to Foreign Ministry sources.
The talks, to start in late July or August, will be agreed upon when Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi meets with Chinese leaders during his trip to Beijing in mid-July, the sources said. The loan package will cover fiscal 1999 and 2000.
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