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China-Brazil ties should extend beyond the commercial sphere to include people-to-people and cultural exchanges in order to increase mutual understanding, according to Evandro Menezes de Carvalho, head of the Center for Brazil-China Studies under the Getulio Vargas Foundation, an education institution and think tank in Brazil.
During a recent interview with CGTN, Carvalho expressed his hope that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's state visit to China this week will help both countries better understand each other.