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China
the largest country in eastern Asia. Population: 1,273,000,000 (2001). Capital: Beijing. China's population is the largest of any country in the world. In 1949 it became a Communist state, known as the People's Republic of China (PRC). China is one of the most important economic and industrial powers in the world.
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