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In the "northeast China" example, that is correct as-is. I didn't really think about this one too hard when posting this answer, but I realize now that you point it out that you have to use an article in your example sentences because "United States" takes an article. We typically say "the United States," not just "United States."
You have the ability to omit the first "that" that functions as a conjuction. This is a very common practice where I am from (Northeast United States). For example: Original. I am surprised that that dog jumped on the boy; he is usually very behaved. Without the first "that" I am surprised that dog jumped on the boy; he is usually very behaved.
To me (native English speaker in the Northeast United States), these examples sound grammatically correct, but formal, and based on the examples you chose, this level of formality seems to fit. This phrasing would seem natural in a formal invitation or announcement.
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly referred to as the United States (US or U.S.) and America, is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district. I always thought that it was with the definite article like "The United States" or "the USA" or "the UK" or "the United Kingdom" etc.
Most of the United States is in a huge basin, bounded by the Appalachian mountains in the east, the Great Lakes in the northeast, (roughly) the Canadian border, the Rocky Mountains in the west, and the Gulf of Mexico in the south. With a few exceptions, most rivers in this region flow southwest, south, or southeast.
"The States" refers to the collection of states, "The US" refers to the states that are united, or, more loosely, to the union of States. The problem is that there's very, very, very many nations made up of multiple states. Even Belgium is made up out of 3 parts that could very well be called states.
"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." 2) If the country (or other subnational feature) is plural, use an article. The Phillipines and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines are the only countries I know of that are plural (not counting countries included in rule one), but the rule also works for sub-national divisions, like "the ...
USA is an abbreviation for United States of America, and the is used because the proper noun is a noun phrase whose main noun is the ordinary noun States. The definite article is also used in other country names (and their abbreviations) that are phrases made from ordinary nouns, such as the United Kingdom or the People's Republic of China.
What I have learnt that we use "among" when we are talking about more than two, and "between" for two. But 1 Between the students in the class which is the best? 2 The U.N.O. insists on better
The United States of America. So it would be correct to say: The USA. There are lots of other countries whose names contain the definite article, for example, The Bahamas, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom. When "United Kingdom" is abbreviated to "UK" we normally say "the UK". "The" is part of the name of The United States of America.