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Models dressed as Spartan warriors take part in a promotional campaign by Sweetie Salad in Beijing, China, July 22, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Chinese paramilitary policemen march past street cleaners near Tiananmen Square in Beijing Monday, June 1, 2015. The Chinese capital maintains a tight security around Tiananmen Square ahead of the 26th anniversary of China's June 4 bloody crackdown on pro democracy demonstrators. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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Visitors to the forbidden city carry children holding the Chinese national flags in Beijing, China, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Some 15 million to 20 million Chinese parents will be allowed to have a second baby after the Chinese government announced Friday, Nov. 15, 2013 that couples where one partner has no siblings can have two children, in the first significant easing of the countrys strict one-child policy in nearly three decades.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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FILE - In this May 20, 2014 file photo, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, China. China said Thursday, May 21, 2015 it is entitled to keep watch over airspace and seas surrounding artificial islands it created in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, following a reported exchange in which its navy warned off a U.S. surveillance plane. Speaking at a regular daily briefing, Hong reiterated Beijing's insistence on its indisputable sovereignty over the islands it has created by piling sand on top of atolls and reefs. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met five times last year and "will meet at least as many times this year," said Andrey Denisov, Russia's ambassador to Beijing. (Associated Press)

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A Chinese family member uses a selfie stick to take a photo of themselves in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 30, 2015. Selfie sticks are gaining popularity in China, and many people are using them at popular tourist destinations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Beijing stakes claim: China has upset its neighbors by moving oil rigs into disputed territory in the South China Sea. (Associated Press)

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Kokang rebels have been blamed for aerial assaults inside China in an effort to play Beijing against the Myanmarese central government. (Associated Press)

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LED IN: U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the International Convention Center in Yanqi Lake, Beijing, China Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (Associated Press)

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AP10ThingsToSee - As the sun rises, Chinese paramilitary policemen watch over Tiananmen Square from a rooftop across from the Great Hall of the People ahead of the closing ceremony of the annual National People's Congress in the hall in Beijing on Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Hostesses prepare tea for the member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) ahead of the plenary session of the CPPCC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)"]

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A woman wearing a mask to protect herself from pollutants walks on a pedestrian bridge as buildings at Beijing's Central Business District (Associated Press)

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President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 12 at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest two economies, and is wealthy enough to buy up at least $1.3 trillion of the U.S. debt. But that hasn't stopped Uncle Sam from continuing to send foreign aid to Beijing. (Associated Press)

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Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines, flight MH370, turn to journalists to shout their demands for answers after Malaysian government representatives left a briefing in Beijing, China. Authorities have been forced on the defensive by the criticism, the most forceful of which has come from a group of Chinese relatives who accuse them of lying about - or even involvement in - the disappearance of Flight 370. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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The hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was punctuated by false leads since it disappeared with 239 people aboard about an hour after leaving Kuala Lumpur for Beijing in March. (Associated Press)

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A U.S. Secret Service agent waits by the spare limousine before President Barack Obama's motorcade departs for a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, Nov. 17, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, puts a shawl on Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Beijing, Nov. 10, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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U.S. Defense Undersecretary Michele Flournoy, prepares for a bilateral meeting with Gen. Ma Xiaotian, the People's Liberation Army's deputy chief of staff, at the Bayi Building in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Chinese and U.S. defense officials met in Beijing on Wednesday for their highest-level contacts since recent frictions over arms sales to Taiwan and plans to strengthen the American military presence in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

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Men wearing fake pregnant bellies rest near a fountain after posing for advertisement photos for a baby product brand while a boy runs past outside a shopping mall in Beijing on Aug. 13, 2011. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping drink after a toast during a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 12, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**