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"text": "Since the United States and the People's Republic of China (PRC) established diplomatic relations in 1979, United States policy toward the PRC was largely premised on a hope that deepening engagement would spur fundamental economic and political opening in the PRC and lead to its emergence as a constructive and responsible global stakeholder, with a more open society.",
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"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "QXR",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"word": "ҠХР"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "KNR",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"word": "КНР"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
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{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "not used in Mandarin",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "VRC"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"word": "Hiina RV"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
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"word": "Kiinan KT"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "RPC"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "VR China"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "LDK",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"word": "ΛΔΚ"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "RPC"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "not used in Japanese",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "not used in Korean",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"word": "ĶTR"
},
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"word": "KLR"
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"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "BNXAU",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "RPC"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
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},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "KNR",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "RPC"
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"code": "tt",
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"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
"word": "КХҖ"
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"code": "tt",
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"roman": "ÇXC",
"sense": "abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China",
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}
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],
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"Initialism of protocol Review Committee."
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"word": "Preschool Referral Committee"
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"Initialism of Preschool Referral Committee."
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"word": "Private Commercial Organisation"
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"science",
"sciences"
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"extra": "e.g. the PRC-77 portable secure FM radio set.",
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"word": "Police Record Check"
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],
"glosses": [
"Initialism of Police Record Check."
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"Police Record Check",
"Police Record Check#English"
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],
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"ref": "2014 May 1, Helier Cheung, “'No Indians No PRCs': Singapore's rental discrimination problem”, in BBC",
"text": "\"It doesn't matter,\" she said. \"They may still think you're a PRC who obtained a British passport.\"",
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