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  2. China - Wikipedia

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    China, [ i] officially the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), [ j] is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most populous country after India, representing 17.4% of the world population. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land.

  3. History of China - Wikipedia

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    The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese ...

  4. History of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The history of the People's Republic of China details the history of mainland China since 1 October 1949, when CCP chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC) from atop Tiananmen, after a near complete victory (1949) by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Chinese Civil War. The PRC is the most recent political ...

  5. Mainland China - Wikipedia

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    Mainland China. " Mainland China ", also referred to as " the Chinese mainland ", is a geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addition to the geographical mainland, the geopolitical sense of the term includes islands such as ...

  6. Chinese culture - Wikipedia

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    Chinese civilization is historically considered a dominant culture of East Asia. [ 3] With China being one of the earliest ancient civilizations, Chinese culture exerts profound influence on the philosophy, virtue, etiquette, and traditions of Asia. [ 4]

  7. Demographics of China - Wikipedia

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    China is the second most populous country in Asia as well as the second most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion.. China has an enormous population with a relatively small youth component, partially a result of China's one-child policy that was implemented from 1979 until 2015.

  8. Names of China - Wikipedia

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    The name New China has been frequently applied to China by the Chinese Communist Party as a positive political and social term contrasting pre-1949 China (the establishment of the PRC) and the new name of the socialist state, Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó (in the older postal romanization, Chunghwa Jenmin Konghokuo), or the "People's ...

  9. Dynasties of China - Wikipedia

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    The "Third Chinese Empire" (中華第三帝國) consisted of the Liao dynasty, the Jin dynasty, the Yuan dynasty, the Ming dynasty, and the Qing dynasty. Accordingly, the terms "Chinese Empire" and "Empire of China" need not necessarily refer to imperial dynasties that had unified China proper.

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