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FILE - This combination of two photos shows U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, left, speaking during a "USA Thank You" tour event in Cincinatti Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, delivering a speech during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Trump spoke Friday, Dec. 2, with Tsai, a move that will be sure to anger China. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Chinag Ying-ying, File) (AP)

Trump speaks directly with Taiwan’s leader, irking China

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180 killed, 11,000 injured in Chinese earthquake

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Severe Beijing smog prompts government candor

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Tibetan monk sets self on fire in China, dies

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X-ray of Li Fu's head

Doctors remove rusty knife from man’s head after 4 years

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In this photo taken by a mobile phone, local people gather outside after being evacuated from buildings following an earthquake that hit the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu, northwest China's Qinghai province, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. A series of strong earthquakes struck China's western Qinghai province Wednesday, toppling houses, killing scores of people and burying many others in a mountainous rural area, officials and state media said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhang Hongshuan) NO SALES (AP)

Quake in western China kills 400, buries more

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Helmets and boots pile up in the dust outside the shaft to the Wangjialing Coal Mine in Xiangning county in north China's Shanxi province, Sunday, April 4, 2010. Search and rescue continue almost a week after water flooded a mine, trapping 153 miners. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)

“Miracle” in China: 115 trapped miners rescued

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China kept tainted milk secret

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