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... Autonomous Region ( which includes a large portion of Northeast China ) , the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningsia , the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang ( Chinese Turkistan ) , and the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of ...
... Autonomous Region ( which includes a large portion of Northeast China ) , the Hui Autonomous Region of Ningsia , the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang ( Chinese Turkistan ) , and the northern part of the Tibet Autonomous Region of ...
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... autonomy . " Full diplomatic recogni- tion did not follow , however , because of a border dispute . Mongolian ... autonomous region within the People's Republic of China . ( O.La. ) For many years the relations of the Mongolian ...
... autonomy . " Full diplomatic recogni- tion did not follow , however , because of a border dispute . Mongolian ... autonomous region within the People's Republic of China . ( O.La. ) For many years the relations of the Mongolian ...
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... Autonomous Region of China to the north . Its territory , which has an area of 56,827 square miles ( 147,181 square kilometres ) , extends roughly 500 miles ( 800 kilometres ) from east to west and 90 to 150 miles from north to south ...
... Autonomous Region of China to the north . Its territory , which has an area of 56,827 square miles ( 147,181 square kilometres ) , extends roughly 500 miles ( 800 kilometres ) from east to west and 90 to 150 miles from north to south ...
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