Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- It was truly a wonderful opportunity this past week, to meet with some prospective future leadership for the next generation of the Chinese Communist Party, as a delegation of the party's central committee-International Department visited Bangladesh, under the bright and able leadership of Vice Minister Sun Haiyan. At the invitation of the Awami League, in the wake of their re-election for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term to govern Bangladesh, the delegation spent four days in the country, arriving here from another Saarc country - the Maldives. As many will know, the CPC's International Department, formerly the Intl Liaison Dept, is responsible for maintaining ties with political parties of other countries.

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