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   Names of China

   In its origin, it refers to the area where the Tiānzǐ lives, while the outer areas governed by the same sovereign is called "yě" (野). ... Although the name Sinae appears to be derived from the same etymological source as the Latin prefixes Sino- and Sin-, which are traditionally used to refer to China and the Chinese, there is some controversy as to the ultimate origin of these terms, as their use in historical texts of classical antiquity in the West appears to antedate the emergence of the Qin Dynasty and its empire, the name of which has often been cited as the source of Latin Sino- and Sin-.
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   History of the west coast of North America

   One available source that was used on both sides of the border were immigrants from East Asia, largely from China and Japan.
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   List of Chinese inventions

   China has been the source of some of the world's most significant inventions, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China: paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing (both woodblock and movable type). ... The post-Liangzhu plows used draft animals.
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   China

   It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of many major inventions, such as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. ... Taoism is an indigenous religion of China and its beginnings are traditionally traced to the composition of Lao Zi's Tao Te Ching (The Book of Tao and Its Virtues) or to seminal works by Zhang Daoling.
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   Chinese protein export contamination

   In China ... Once wheat gluten had been isolated as the source of the problems, federal investigators in the United States began to trace the gluten used in the foods.
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   Germanium

   Russia and China used this as a source for germanium.
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   Illegal drug trade in the People's Republic of China

   China is a major source of precursor chemicals necessary for the production of cocaine, heroin, MDMA and crystal methamphetamine, which are used by many Southeast Asian and Pacific Rim nations.
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   Republic of China

   Since the late 1970s the name "China" is commonly used to refer to the People's Republic of China. ... | Context | Organization | Rank | Year | Source |
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   Economy of the People's Republic of China

   Virtually all arable land is used for food crops. ... China's continued and increasing reliance on coal as a power source has contributed significantly to putting China on the path to becoming the world's largest emitter of acid rain-causing sulfur dioxide and greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide.
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    People's Republic of China

    Censorship of political speech and information is openly and routinely used to silence criticism of government and the ruling Chinese Communist Party. ... 25px|link=s:Special:Search/China Source texts from Wikisource

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