11.   Chen said he could also shake hands and clink wine glasses with leaders of the giant communist neighbor and help ease five decades of China-Taiwan tensions.

12.   China has expressed dissatisfaction with the shipment plan, seeing it as an attempt by Taiwan to lure away its communist neighbor.

13.   China insists that fleeing North Koreans are illegal immigrants, not refugees, and is bound by treaty with its communist neighbor and ally to send them home.

14.   Despite claims of close, longstanding friendship, China still does not know whether communist neighbor North Korea launched a missile or a satellite last month.

15.   Despite a high seas clash with North Korea, South Korea said Tuesday it will continue its policy of seeking greater economic and diplomatic contact with its communist neighbor.

16.   During the Cold War, the Zairian army was propped up and trained by Western allies using the country to spy on its communist neighbors.

17.   Germany is a gateway to membership in the European Union that the Czech Republic and its formerly Communist neighbors crave.

18.   His defection caught China between its old ally and communist neighbor, North Korea, and its new, important trading partner, South Korea.

19.   His defection caught China between its ideological communist neighbor North Korea and its newfound important trading partner South Korea.

20.   In a country which remains technically at war with North Korea, the communist neighbor is a major factor in elections.