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CHINA
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Capital
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Beijing
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Current leader
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Xi Jinping
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Current Prime Minister
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Li Keqiang
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Official name
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People's Republic of China
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Biggest city (city proper)
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Shanghai
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Biggest city (urban area)
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Guangzhou
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River of the above
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Pearl River
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It is said that this can be seen from the moon
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Great Wall of China
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Most spoken language in the world
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Mandarin
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Language mostly spoken in southern China
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Cantonese
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Longest river
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Yangtze
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2nd-longest river
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Yellow River
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^, in Chinese (pinyin)
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Huang He
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The two autonomous regions
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Hong Kong
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Macau
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Annexed by China in 1951
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Tibet
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Its capital
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Lhasa
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National animal (real)
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Giant Panda
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Founding father
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Mao Zedong
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Plan of ^ to increase China's economy, killed millions
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Great Leap Forward
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Time of change, 1966-1976
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Cultural Revolution
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Large smartphone manufacturer
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Huawei
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Starting point of the Silk Road
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Xi'an
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Name for 8,000 artificial soldiers in ^
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Terracotta Army
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Island which thinks it's not part of China
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Taiwan
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First leader of this island nation
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Square in the capital, Tank Man
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Tiananmen
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Imperial palace once home to many Chinese emperors
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Forbidden City
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Religious complex where people prayed for good harvest
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Temple of Heaven
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Leader from 1978 to 1989, known for his 'opening' of China
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Deng Xiaoping
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Biggest city in western China
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Ürümqi
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Turkic ethnic group living in this city
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Uyghur
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Flat platforms on a slope, mostly used to grow rice
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Terraces
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Name to describe the northern parts of China
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Manchuria
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Biggest city in ^, known for its Snow Sculpture Festival
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Harbin
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Leading party
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Communist Party
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Very controversial population planning policy
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One-child policy
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Ethnic group constituting 92% of China's population
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Han
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Currency
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Renminbi
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Year of formation
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1949
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Last imperial dynasty
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Qing Dynasty
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Anti-foreign uprising between 1899 and 1901
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Boxer Rebellion
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Biggest island
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Hainan
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Highest mountain
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Mount Everest
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First aircraft carrier
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Liaoning
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The Four Great Inventions
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Compass
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Gunpowder
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Papermaking
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Printing
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Transport technology which uses magnetic levitation
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Maglev
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Highest bridge in the world
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Duge Bridge
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Famous Chinese religion with more than 100 million followers
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Confucianism
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Founder of Taoism
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Laozi
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Line dividing China in two equal parts, 94% of the people live east of this line
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Heihe-Tengchong Line
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Best-known Chinese basketball player
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Yao Ming
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Activist who was arrested for government-critical statements in 2011
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Ai Weiwei
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Form of aesthetically pleasing writing
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Calligraphy
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Opposite forces, according the Chinese philosophy
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Yin and Yang
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The twelve zodiac signs
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Rat
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Ox
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Tiger
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Rabbit
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Dragon
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Snake
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Horse
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Goat
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Monkey
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Rooster
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Dog
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Pig
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Year China hosted the Olympics
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2008
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Small neighboring country with an aggressive leader
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North Korea
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Important holiday starting at the beginning of the lunar calendar
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Chinese New Year
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Light sources often associated with China, mostly made of paper
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Lanterns
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Largest lake
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Qinghai Lake
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Lowest point
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Turpan Depression
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Most populous city in central China
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Wuhan
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Name for Chinese tropical cyclones
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Typhoon
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Chinese alternative to cutlery
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Chopsticks
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Staple food made from dough
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Noodles
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National sport
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Table Tennis
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Despite the common belief, these cookies were invented in the US
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Fortune cookies
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Most common surname
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Wang
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Tiered tower with multiple eaves
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Pagoda
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Traditional dance, operated by just two dancers
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Lion dance
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Most famous martial art
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Kung Fu
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World's largest retailer
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Alibaba Group
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Mass murder committed by Japanese in the Chinese capital back in 1937
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Rape of Nanjing
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Hello, in Chinese
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Ni Hao (你好)
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Major problem of Chinese cities
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Smog
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Alternative medicine with needles in the body
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Acupuncture
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The US has astronauts, Russia has cosmonauts, China has ...
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Taikonauts
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Famous karst formation, sometimes known as Shilin
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Stone Forest
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Dish made of a special type of bird, mostly from the capital
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Peking Duck
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Seas that border China
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Yellow Sea
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East China Sea
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South China Sea
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Green gemstone
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Jade
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Huge dam, world's largest power station
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Three Gorges Dam
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Martial artist known for his fighting style, The Karate Kid
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Jackie Chan
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