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People's Republic of China
 * Government: The government remains the same, restricting freedoms and controlling the population.
 * Politics: The One Child Policy is replaced with a Two Child Policy, which means children will be able to support their families properly. Police are given more power, and the line between the Police and the Military is blurred. China also invests heavily in security and spy agencies.
 * Research: China is the home to thousand sof technological advances every year.
 * Supercomputer: In 2013, China's Tianhe-2 became the fastest supercomputer in the world, achieving 33.8 petaflops, with a peak performance of 54.9 petaflops. It was nearly twice as powerful as its nearest competitor, the "Titan" machine at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, United States. In 2016, Tianhe-2 received an extra 45 petaflops, thanks to a novel system architecture developed within China. The machine was renamed Tianhe-2A and became the first supercomputer to demonstrate a peak performance of 100 petaflops, or 100 quadrillion floating point operations per second. Alongside this upgraded version was a second machine, known as Shenwei-x. This too was capable of 100 petaflops.
 * Telescope: The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) is a major new astronomical observatory built in Guizhou province, southwest China. Constructed between March 2011 and September 2016,* it becomes the largest single-aperture telescope in the world, half a kilometre wide and featuring a collecting area of 2.1 million sq ft (196,000 sq m). This dwarfs the next largest – the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico – which had held the title since 1963.* The dish itself sits within a natural depression and is unable to move, due to its enormous size. However, the surface shape is changeable and the feed cabin (where radio waves are focused) can be moved around. This provides a viewing angle of up to 40° from the vertical. FAST is able to gaze three times further into space and survey the skies ten times faster than Arecibo. Its primary roles include mapping the neutral hydrogen within the Milky Way at very high resolution, tripling the number of known pulsars from 2,000 to 6,000, and listening for possible signals from alien civilisations at distances of up to 1,000 light years; far more stars can be monitored than in previous surveys. FAST is the latest in a whole series of massive new telescopes being built around the world in the early 21st century, heralding a new era of astronomy.
 * Environmental Clean-up - Phase 1 is complete: The Chinese government in 2011 began an ambitious Five Year Plan to stem the flow of pollutants and clean up the damage done.* A tax was applied to heavy polluters, based on the output of hazardous chemicals and sewage. The goal was to fix the situation caused by the previously unregulated industrial growth, which had first attracted the polluters to the country. The resultant revenue primarily went towards restoring damaged environments. Many non-profit groups aided in the clean-up during this time. New regulations were also introduced, putting a cap on energy use. Targets were set to lower carbon emissions significantly. This went along with China's long term goal of green energy dominance. Though some progress has been made over this five year period, the entrenchment of dirty industry and the explosive growth of the country makes it very difficult to turn the environmental situation around. It will take decades of further work before China has transitioned to a truly green economy.
 * Analytics:
 * Economy:  China's socialist market economy is the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP, and the world's largest economy by purchasing power parity according to the IMF, although China's National Bureau of Statistics rejects this claim. Until 2015 China was the world's fastest-growing major economy, with growth rates averaging 10% over 30 years. Due to historical and political facts of China's developing economy, China's public sector accounts for a bigger share of the national economy than the burgeoning private sector.
 * Population: As of 1 January 2016, the population of China was estimated to be 1 375 137 837 people. This is an increase of 0.53 % (7 317 837 people) compared to population of 1 367 820 000 the year before. In 2015 the natural increase was positive, as the number of births exceeded the number of deaths by 7 276 802. Due to external migration, the population increased by 41 035. The sex ratio of the total population was 1.051 (1 051 males per 1 000 females) which is higher than global sex ratio.
 * Culture: China is an extremely large country, and the customs and traditions of its people vary by geography and ethnicity. More than 1 billion people live in China, according to the Asia Society, representing 56 ethnic minority groups. The largest group is the Han Chinese, with about 900 million people. Other groups include the Tibetans, the Mongols, the Manchus, the Naxi, and the Hezhen, which is smallest group, with fewer than 2,000 people.
 * Religion: 85% of Chinese people have religious beliefs or had some religious practices and only 15% of them are real atheists. (The real atheists here refer to those who do not have faith in any religions nor had any activities related to religions or folk customs.) 185 million people believe in Buddhism and 33 million have faith in Christianity and believes in the existence of God. Only 12 million people are Taoists, although more than one hundred million have taken part in Taoism activities before. Thus, it is obvious that the Buddhism has the widest influence. The other major religions are Taoism, Confucianism, Islam and Christianity.
 * Education: Education in China is a state-run system of public education run by the Ministry of Education. All citizens must attend school for at least nine years, known as the nine-year compulsory education, which the government funds. It includes six years of primary education, starting at age six or seven, and three years of junior secondary education (middle school) for ages 12 to 15. Some provinces may have five years of primary school but four years for middle school. After middle school, there are three years of high school, which then completes the secondary education. The Ministry of Education reported a 99 percent attendance rate for primary school and an 80 percent rate for both primary and middle schools.
 * Infrastructure: Infrastructure development remains a top priority for China’s government, which has long recognized that a modern economy runs on reliable roads and rails, electricity, and telecommunications. From the late 1990s to 2005, 100 million Chinese benefited from power and telecommunications upgrades. Between 2001 and 2004, investment in rural roads grew by a massive 51 percent annually. And in recent years, the government has used substantial infrastructure spending to hedge against flagging economic growth. China’s leadership has charted equally ambitious plans for the future. Its goal is to bring the entire nation’s urban infrastructure up to the level of infrastructure in a middle-income country, while using increasingly efficient transport logistics to tie the country together. What follows is a by-the-numbers portrait of this dynamic sector. The Public Transport system in particular has been improved this year, with thousands of additonal buses and a new revision of the bus system.
 * Chinese People's Liberation Army: All aspects are improved.
 * People's Liberation Army Ground Force: The PLAGF has a strength of 2,000,000 personnel making it the largest standing army in the world. In addition, the People's Liberation Army Ground Force has an estimated 400,000 strong reserve force. It has 9000 main battle tanks, 1500 light tanks, 1500 infantry fighting vehicles, 4000 armoured personnel carriers, 7000 towed artillery, 2000 self-propelled artillery, 2000 rocket artillery, and 2000 SAM systems. The PLAGF is regularly supported by the People's Armed Police and the People's Liberation Army Militia, who act as reserve forces.
 * People's Liberation Army Navy: With a personnel strength of 255,000 servicemen and women, including 10,000 marines and 26,000 naval air force personnel, it is the second largest navy in the world in terms of tonnage,only behind the United States Navy, and has the largest number of major combatants of any navy. It boasts 500 ships and more than 800 aircraft.
 * People's Liberation Army Air Force: PLAAF has a strength of around 398,000 personnel and is the largest air force in Asia. With ongoing modernisation, all older aircraft types in service are quickly being phased out and emphasis being placed on developing modern 5th generation fighters to replace them. It boasts 3000 aircraft.
 * People's Armed Police: The PAP is estimated to have a total strength of 1.5 million, with over half its strength employed in its internal security units. They patrol borders and help sustain internal peace.
 * People's Liberation Army Militia: The militia's principal tasks are to assist in production, to undergo military training, and to defend China's frontiers in peacetime. In wartime, the militia will supply reserves for mobilization, provide logistical support to the PLA, and conduct guerilla operations behind enemy lines. It is estimated to be 6,000,000 strong.
 * War: Currently at peace.
 * Diplomacy: a
 * Russia: Relations improve with Russia as the Shanghai Pact is created.
 * Iran:  Relations improve with Russia as the Shanghai Pact is created.
 * Mongolia: The PRC performs a coup in the Mongolian government.
 * North Korea: Relations deteriorate as North Korea claims to have nuclear weapons, which are very dangerous.
 * India: Relations decarease, as China rejects India's proposal of joining the SP.
 * Pakistan: Relations increase, as China starts funding Pakistani development.
 * Thailand: China sees Thailand's expansion in Indochina and Myanmar as extremely aggressive. It also conflicts with the interests of the Shanghai Pact. Therefore, in support of Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar, China sends an ultimatum to Thailand. The ultimatum states that: they must not declare war on Myanmar, Laos, or Cambodia for the next 10 years; they must reduce their active armed forces to 200,000; they must not ally nations for the next 3 years. If this ultimatum is not agreed to by Saturday, January 28th 2016, then the People's Republic of China will declare war on the Kingdom of Thailand.
 * TL;DR: China invests in spy agencies and the police. The Police and the Military become one. China completes various projects. The population increases. The military is improved. The Shanghai Pact is created between the United Kingdom, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, and China. Thailand is sent an ultimatum.