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| | China - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-09) |
 | | China is one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations, with a history characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war and violent dynastic change. |
 | | While the PRC was founded, the Republic of China (ROC), which had ruled China since 1912, was forced to flee the mainland and retreat to Taiwan, which it has since governed. |
 | | On the other hand, the Republic of China, while never formally rescinding its claims, has moved away from its former identity as the ruler of China, and increasingly characterizes itself as "Taiwan", which is also the usage commonly adopted in the West. |
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