People's Republic of China (An Independent in 2000)

While no longer the communist state that it was during the 20th century, China still retains the one-party socialist state ideology of its birth. As the world's most populous country, and its the second largest economy, China is rapidly growing as a global power. With plans to launch their first manned missions to the Moon and Mars within the end of the decade, China is desperately trying to catch up to its greatest rival, the United States of America.

Economy
In 2010 China seized ownership of all US factories within the country, however this had only a minimal effect on the surging US economy, because of the rapid growth of high quality goods in America. China's main economic source is still manufacturing, though their automotive and electronics industry is set to soon pass that of Japan. Exports to the US have dropped to their lowest in decades, and imports from the US have never been higher. With China's economy threatened to be overtaken by the US, it is no surprise that the Socialist Government is desperately trying to capture an asteroid of their own.

Politics
Recently calls for Democracy have grown to as high as they were during the 1980s. China faces calls from all sides to instigate greater democratic practices into their government, and certain sects of the Communist Party are beginning to agree. China has directly blamed these "revolts" on the domineering US culture. Recently their have been a series of bills to allow direct elections of the National People's Congress, and support is growing for fear of a full scale revolt.

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