PEKINGESE/SHIH TZUS ARE OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS SHINESE AND THEY ARE ARE HYBRIDS WHICH ARE REGISTERED WIT THE "NATIONAL HYBRID ASSOCIATION". PROBABLY BETTER KNOWN AND SOLD RECENTLY AS "CHINESE IMPERIALS"   THEY ARE PEKINGESE AND SHIH TZU BRED TOGETHER, AS THE SHIH TZU IS ACTUALLY PART PEKINGESE IN IT'S HISTORY, ALONG WITH THE LHAPSO APSO AND THE TIBETIAN SPAINEL AS PART OF THE MIX, CREATING THE SHIH TZU.  WHEN THE SHIH TZU WOULD GROW TOO LARGE, OR HIS NOSE TO LONG AND BROAD, HE WOULD BE BRED BACK INTO THE PEKINGESE TO BRING ABOUT A BETTER QUALITY DOG, WITH BETTER COAT, SMALLER STRUCTURE, AND FLATER FACES.  OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE BRED A FEW BEAUTIFUL LITTERS OF THE SHINESE, AND HAVE MANY REQUESTS FOR THEM THIS PAST YEAR.  PERSONALITY IS EXCEPTIONAL WITH THIS BRED, AND THEY ARE THE BEST OF BOTH BREEDS WITH HAPPY AND PLAYFUL NATURES,  GREAT WITH OTHER ANIMALS AND CHILDREN, AND NOT AS HYPER AS A SHIH TZU, BUT NOT AS LAID BACK AS A PEKINGESE, SO THEY ARE A PERFECT INBETWEEN.  READ THE BOOK INSERT BELOW.