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The world's second largest economy, China, the largest country in East Asia, is also the most populous in the world with 1.3 billion people. The communist regime headed by President Xi Jinping is highly criticized in terms of human rights vis-à-vis opponents or minorities, censorship or questions of democracy. Capitalism, political control and authoritarian security are blending in this country whose growth and foreign investment are suddenly hampered in 2016 by the collapse of its stock exchanges and the depreciation of its currency, the yuan. The first army of the world also claims its hand-setting on the strategic zone of the South China Sea.