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| | Columbia Encyclopedia- Mongolia - AOL Research & Learn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Mongolia's main exports are copper, livestock, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, and nonferrous metals; most of its foreign trade is with China, Russia, the United States, and South Korea. |
 | | Mongolia was proclaimed an independent state in July, 1921, and remained a monarchy until the Living Buddha died in 1924. |
 | | Mongolia's position shifted during the 1980s, however, and it established diplomatic relations with China in 1986 and with the United States a year later. |
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