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China (Traditional Chinese: 中國; Simplified Chinese: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó (help·info); Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguó) is a cultural region and ancient civilization in East Asia. China is one of the world's oldest civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. The stalemate of the last Chinese Civil War following World War II has resulted in two de-facto political entities using the name China: the People's Republic of China (PRC), de-facto administering mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau; and the Republic of China (ROC), de-facto administering Taiwan and its surrounding islands. See Political status of Taiwan for more information.

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Figures of US President Barak Obama and Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao are seen sitting together in a bed on a  float for the upcoming Carnival Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, as it is presented to the media on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The float satirically illustrates the ties between the USA and China.

Figures of US President Barak Obama and Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao are seen sitting together in a bed on a float for the upcoming Carnival Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, as it is presented to the media on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The float satirically illustrates the ties between the USA and China.

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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, left, speaks as Premier Wu Den-yih, center, and Mainland Affairs Chief Lai Shin-yuan, right, listen during a press conference concerning the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, left, speaks as Premier Wu Den-yih, center, and Mainland Affairs Chief Lai Shin-yuan, right, listen during a press conference concerning the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

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Chinese try out iPhones on display inside the Apple's store in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund has disclosed that it owns stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

Chinese try out iPhones on display inside the Apple's store in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund has disclosed that it owns stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

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People walk past the Apple Store in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund has disclosed that it owns stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

People walk past the Apple Store in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund has disclosed that it owns stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

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A cleaner works in front of a Goodyear retailer shop in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund revealed it has accumulated stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

A cleaner works in front of a Goodyear retailer shop in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund revealed it has accumulated stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

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FILE - In this May 17, 2008 file photo, student ID tags are placed on the ground at the Juyuan Middle School, following the May 12 earthquake, in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province. A Chinese court Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.

FILE - In this May 17, 2008 file photo, student ID tags are placed on the ground at the Juyuan Middle School, following the May 12 earthquake, in Dujiangyan, in China's southwest Sichuan province. A Chinese court Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.

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A protester participates in a rally opposing the U.S. and South Korean government's policy against North Korea near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday. The word "MD" means U.S. missile defense system.

A protester participates in a rally opposing the U.S. and South Korean government's policy against North Korea near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday. The word "MD" means U.S. missile defense system.

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Protesters shout slogans during a rally opposing the U.S. and South Korean government's policy against North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday.

Protesters shout slogans during a rally opposing the U.S. and South Korean government's policy against North Korea near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday.

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FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, business administration officers check dairy products in a supermarket in Rizhao, in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (AP Photo, File) ** CHINA OUT.

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2010 file photo, business administration officers check dairy products in a supermarket in Rizhao, in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (AP Photo, File) ** CHINA OUT.

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In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, business administration officers check dairy products at a supermarket in Rizhao in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT.

In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, business administration officers check dairy products at a supermarket in Rizhao in east China's Shandong province. China has found another 170 tons of tainted milk powder in an emergency crackdown that has made it increasingly clear many products discovered in the country's 2008 milk scandal were repackaged for sale instead of destroyed. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT.

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A white tiger rests inside an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

A white tiger rests inside an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

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A white tiger walks inside an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

A white tiger walks inside an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

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A white tiger rests inside an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

A white tiger rests inside an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

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a tiger walks inside in an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

a tiger walks inside in an enclosure at Beijing Zoo in Beijing, China, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. There are fewer than 50 wild tigers left in China today, living in Yunnan, Tibet, Jilin and Helongjiang, according to Xie Yan, the China program director of the Wildlife Conservation Society. The organization is working with the Chinese government to help protect Amur tigers from poachers and develop new habits to their survival.

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front right, meets with senior Chinese Communist Party envoy Wang Jiarui, front left, in Hamhung-si, South Hamgyong-do, North Korea, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Wang was in North Korea on a mission to persuade the reclusive state to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks, reports said.

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, front right, meets with senior Chinese Communist Party envoy Wang Jiarui, front left, in Hamhung-si, South Hamgyong-do, North Korea, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Wang was in North Korea on a mission to persuade the reclusive state to rejoin nuclear disarmament talks, reports said.

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One of three new-born endangered golden takin (budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) calfs is seen with an adult at the Zoo in Liberec, some 100 kms north of Prague, Czech Republic. Three males were born in January and joined the herd in their outside enlosure on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The golden takins' herd in Liberec is the only one kept in captivity besides those in China and Japan.

One of three new-born endangered golden takin (budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) calfs is seen with an adult at the Zoo in Liberec, some 100 kms north of Prague, Czech Republic. Three males were born in January and joined the herd in their outside enlosure on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The golden takins' herd in Liberec is the only one kept in captivity besides those in China and Japan.

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One of three new-born endangered golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) calfs gambols in snow at the Zoo in Liberec, some 100 kms north of Prague, Czech Republic. Three males were born in January and joined the herd in their outside enlosure on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The golden takins herd in Liberec is the only one kept in captivity besides those in China and Japan.

One of three new-born endangered golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) calfs gambols in snow at the Zoo in Liberec, some 100 kms north of Prague, Czech Republic. Three males were born in January and joined the herd in their outside enlosure on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The golden takins herd in Liberec is the only one kept in captivity besides those in China and Japan.

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One of three new-born endangered golden takin (budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) calfs is seen with an adult at the Zoo in Liberec, some 100 kms north of Prague, Czech Republic. Three males were born in January and joined the herd in their outside enlosure on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The golden takins' herd in Liberec is the only one kept in captivity besides those in China and Japan.

One of three new-born endangered golden takin (budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) calfs is seen with an adult at the Zoo in Liberec, some 100 kms north of Prague, Czech Republic. Three males were born in January and joined the herd in their outside enlosure on Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The golden takins' herd in Liberec is the only one kept in captivity besides those in China and Japan.

AP 

Figures of US President Barak Obama and Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao are seen sitting together in a bed on a  float for the upcoming Carnival Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, as it is presented to the media on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The float satirically illustrates the ties between the USA and China.

Figures of US President Barak Obama and Chinese Prime Minister Hu Jintao are seen sitting together in a bed on a float for the upcoming Carnival Rose Monday Parade in Cologne, Germany, as it is presented to the media on Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010. The float satirically illustrates the ties between the USA and China.

AP 

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, left, speaks as Premier Wu Den-yih, center, and Mainland Affairs Chief Lai Shin-yuan, right, listen during a press conference concerning the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, left, speaks as Premier Wu Den-yih, center, and Mainland Affairs Chief Lai Shin-yuan, right, listen during a press conference concerning the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

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Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

AP 

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks to local media about the status of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), a free trade-agreement with China, during a news conference at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010.

AP 

Chinese try out iPhones on display inside the Apple's store in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund has disclosed that it owns stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

Chinese try out iPhones on display inside the Apple's store in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. China's giant sovereign wealth fund has disclosed that it owns stakes totaling US$9.6 billion in major U.S. companies including Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear following a buying spree last year.

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