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| | China. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | North China, which coincides with the Huang He (Yellow River) basin and is bounded in the S by the Qingling Mts., includes the loess plateau of the northwest, the N China plain, and the mountains of the Shandong peninsula. |
 | | China is the worlds largest producer of rice and wheat and a major producer of sweet potatoes, sorghum, millet, barley, peanuts, corn, soybeans, and potatoes. |
 | | Chinas relations with other Asian nations, at first cordial, were affected by Chinas encouragement of Communist activity within their borders, the suppression of a revolt in Tibet (195960), and undeclared border wars with India in the 1960s over disputed territory. |
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