MCBC chairman Tan Kok Wai (left) and the Malaysia-China Belt & Road Economic Cooperation Forum 2019 organising chairman Datuk Quek Ngee Meng (right). S.S.KANESAN/The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s close ties with China goes way back to 1974 when the total bilateral trade was only RM159mil.
Fast forward 45 years later and the trade volume stood at US$108.6bil (RM455.8bil) at the end of last year,equivalent to 20% of the total trade between China and Asean countries.
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