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Brazil's state-controlled oil company expects to pump 4.9 million barrels of oil a day by 2020, and much of it will go to China. President Dilma Rousseff in November celebrated the delivery of one of four Brazilian-built oil-transport ships. (Associated Press)

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Former Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. became the target of an anti-American campaign after he said the "Internet generation" will bring change in China. (Associated Press)

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In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi crown prince Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz, right, welcomes Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. China's premier visits Saudi Arabia as part of six-day Mideast trip that also takes him to the United Arab Emirates and qatar. The visit to the region runs from Jan. 14-19. Wen Jiabao is slated to discuss the Arab Spring uprising and talks are likely to also focus on the latest U.S. sanctions on Iran, a major oil exporter to China. (AP Photo/HO) EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES

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Li Na of China returns a ball to Australia's Olivia Rogowska during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship, in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (center) is welcomed by an unidentified Saudi official (left) as Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz (right) looks on before their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)

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IME EXPOSURE WITH LIGHT PAINTING - In this Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 photo, Chinese use lights to draw a 2012 sign at a bund as they celebrate New Year in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

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A derailed train car is removed from a bridge as workers clear up the wreckage after a train accident in Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang province in July. A long-awaited government report said on Wednesday design flaws and sloppy management caused the bullet-train crash. (Associated Press)

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A Chinese clerk counts U.S. dollars in exchange for Chinese renminbi at a Hefei, China, bank. (Associated Press)

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In this Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, photo, Wu Weiping, 35, watches her daughter Wang Yile, 4, right, and her son Wu Yixiao, 2, play at home in Zhuji, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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In this image made from television and provided by CCTV, China's state broadcaster, a North Korean man reacts to the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/CCTV)

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A satellite image taken on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, and provided by the DigitalGlobe Analysis Center shows the Chinese aircraft carrier Varyag sailing in the Yellow Sea approximately 60 miles south-southeast of the port of Dalian, China. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe)

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U.S. Consulate in Guanghzou, China: "New Horizon" by Doug Aitken (State Department photo)

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Illustration: China's blueprint by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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**FILE** Attendees at the Retreat Session of the East Asia Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 19, 2011, include (from left) U.S. President Barack Obama, Myanmar President Thein Sein (rear), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Vietnamese President Nguyen Tan Dung, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. (Associated Press)

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Illustration: China weapons by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Illustration: China by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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Illustration: China books by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

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Illustration: Made in China by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

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A 1971 photo of a woman holding pingpong paddles bearing caricatures of President Nixon and China's Mao Zedong recalls that year's Chinese-U.S. match in Dortmund, Germany, which led to Nixon's historic visit to Beijing. (Associated Press)

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An artisan ice sculptor from Harbin, China works to create a wreath using blocks of green and crystal clear ice as he and others from his team work to create colorful scenes from the DreamWorks' production of "Merry Madagascar" for this years ICE! show in Oxon Hill, Md, Thursday, November 9, 2011. 40 men from Harbin, China return here to create a frozen wonderland, complete with an ice slide and characters from the movie. These men are a part of the team which creates the famous Harbin Ice Festival in Harbin, China every year. Some of the sculptures are comprised of colored ice blocks, yielding brilliant tones and deep hues for highlights and accents. Others are illuminated internally by some of the exhibit's 1,400 specially designed LED tube lights, evoking the ice lanterns of old. Others are engineered to support the presence of thousands of visitors over the exhibit's lifespan. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)