Opposition leader Joseph Muscat has had an emotional meeting in Shanghai with the son of a Chinese worker who died in Malta in March 1979 during the building of the 'Red China' Dock.

The meeting was held at the end of Dr Muscat's visit to China.

The PL said the meeting with Xu Genyuan was held at Dr Muscat's request to honour the memory of his father, who had been awarded the Midalja tal-Qadi tar-Repubblika posthumously in April 2009.

Earlier, Dr Muscat met officials wo are preparing for the opening of the World Expo next month. He said that the fact that President George Abela had been invited for the opening of the expo was a mark of the esteem in which the Maltese people were held.

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