China

China (which is usually translated as "Middle Kingdom", Traditional Characters: 中國; Simplified Characters: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a geographical region in East Asia. With over one-fifth of the world's population, the majority of China exists today as a communist state, the People's Republic of China, but it also refers to a long-standing civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back nearly 5,000 years.

While United States focuses on Iraq and middle east, the 21st century is going to be ruled by Asia. China is already the largest manufactures in the world. China and India make up 40% of the world's working-age population. The future economic centers are going to be China, India and Japan. China's economy, military and political power:

	economy: the labor force is 760 million, $50 billion per year of foreign investment, plus unbeatable 9% GDP growth. Did you know that USA "borrowed" from china $242 billion?
	Military: It is called People's Liberation Army. It is world's largest. $67 billion military budget; 23 amphibious ships and 13 submarines;
	Politics: The Chinese congress voted to use force if Taiwan declares independence;

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