LONDON -- There are "all sorts of opportunities" for Britain-China cooperation as China continues its reform and opening-up, said Britain's Prince Andrew in a recent interview with Xinhua.

The Duke of York said he was impressed by all the three Chinese entrepreneurs who entered the global final of Pitch@Palace, an initiative founded in 2014 by him and now an annual event at which budding entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a roomful of potential supporters from the business community.

"China has got just as much innovation as anywhere else," said the prince.

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the U.S. sanctions have failed to change Iran's policies, Tasnim news agency reported on Monday.

"Sanctions have never worked," Zarif was quoted as saying.

"They hurt Iranians but don't change (Iran's) policy," he added.

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HAVANA -- China's reform and opening-up provides inspiration for the world in how to improve lives of hundreds of millions, according to a renowned Cuban political observer.

China's reform and opening-up, launched in 1978, represents the "most significant and far-reaching process" any country has ever undertaken, Jose Luis Robaina, a researcher at Cuba's Center for International Policy, told Xinhua.

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NEW YORK -- Understanding China is vital especially at a time when globalization is under great pressure from mounting protectionist forces, a U.S. expert said in a recent interview with Xinhua.

"The imperatives of global cooperation have never been greater," Stephen Roach, senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs and also former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, said via email. Enditem

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