China

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U.S. climate change envoy Todd Stern said recent talks with China were "positive," but also said the two nations "talked a lot and agreed on little." (Associated Press)

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Performs from China and Kenya their traditional bodies of art with the crowd during the annual Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall on Sunday, July 6. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times

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Manjushree Iama dances with dancers from Kenya and China during the annual Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall on Sunday, July 6. Khalid Naji-Allah/Special to The Washington Times.

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China shows a mock up of a next generation attack submarine at a military university. (International Assessment and Strategy Center)

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Li Na of China plays a return to Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic during their women's singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday June 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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Since June 20, more than 750,000 Hong Kong residents have voted in a symbolic "civil referendum" in defiance of Beijing to protest eroding freedoms promised by communist-led China when the British handed over the city in 1997. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

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Vietnamese protesters chant anti-Chinese slogans as China moves another oil rig closer to Vietnam's coast. (associated press)

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Since Xi Jinping became supreme leader in late 2012, China has shifted into overdrive with a campaign to strengthen the ideological purity of the Communist Party, as well as establish an overarching "national security" state. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)