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Chinese team summits Everest amid bid to remeasure peak

| May 27, 2020 12:06 AM

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese survey team on Wednesday became the first and perhaps only group to climb Mt. Everest this year, part of a project to remeasure the exact height of the world's tallest mountain.

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