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In 1784, immediately after the British returned home, the U.S. sent a ship named the Empress of China to Canton (today called Guangzhou).
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In 1784, our founding father, George Washington, commissioned the Empress of China, a ship that set sail for these shores so that it could pursue trade with the Qing Dynasty.
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In this modern facility, company scientists are carrying out clinical trials on the 1, 300-year-old beauty secrets of China's only empress, Wu Zetian, who used skin potions made of motherwort.
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