China

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China is a vast East Asian country known for its long continuous civilization, large population, and major global economic and political influence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf country in East Asia
sovereign state
administrativeDivisionType province-level divisions
areaRank one of the largest countries by area
beltAndRoadInitiative key proponent and organizer
borderingCountry Afghanistan
Bhutan
India
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Mongolia
Myanmar
Nepal
North Korea
Pakistan
Russia
Tajikistan
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
borderingSea Bohai Sea
East China Sea
South China Sea
Yellow Sea
callingCode +86
capital Beijing
capitalCityPopulationRank one of the largest cities in the world
civilizationStatus one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations
climate varied from subarctic to tropical
continent Asia
currency Chinese yuan
surface form: Renminbi
currencyCode CNY
currentParamountLeader President of China
surface form: Xi Jinping
currentPremier Li Qiang
currentPresident President of China
surface form: Xi Jinping
dominantReligionOrBelief Buddhism
Chinese folk religion
Taoism
non-religious population significant
drivingForceOfEconomy export-oriented industry
manufacturing
drivingLaw right-hand traffic
drivingSide right
economicStatus major global economic power
one of the world's largest economies by GDP
educationSystemFeature compulsory education for nine years
ethnicMajority Han Chinese
founder Mao Zedong
foundingDate 1 October 1949
governmentType socialist one-party state
hasSpaceStation Tiangong space station
headOfGovernment Premier of the State Council
headOfState President of China
highestPoint Mount Everest
surface form: Mount Everest (on the border with Nepal)
historicalDynasty Han dynasty
Ming dynasty
Qin dynasty
Qing dynasty
Song dynasty
Tang dynasty
includesTerritory Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Macau
surface form: Macau Special Administrative Region
internetControlPolicy extensive internet regulation and censorship
internetTLD .cn
China self-linksurface differs
surface form: .中国

.中國
largestCity Shanghai
legislature National People's Congress
literacyStatus high literacy rate
location eastern Asia
majorCity Beijing
Chongqing
Guangzhou
Shanghai
Shenzhen, China
surface form: Shenzhen

Tianjin
majorCityRegion Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
Pearl River Delta
Yangtze River Economic Belt
surface form: Yangtze River Delta
majorEthnicGroup Han Chinese
majorExport electronics
machinery
manufactured goods
majorLanguageFamily Sino-Tibetan
majorMountainRange Himalayas
majorRiver Yangtze River
Yellow River
memberOf G20
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
United Nations
World Trade Organization
militaryAllianceStatus not a member of NATO
militaryStatus nuclear-armed state
mottoStatus no official national motto at state level
nationalAnthem March of the Volunteers
nationalDay 1 October
nationalEmblem National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
nationalFlag Five-star red flag
notableHistoricalEvent Xinhai Revolution of 1911 overthrew the Qing dynasty
proclamation of the People's Republic of China in 1949
numberOfProvinceLevelDivisions over 30
officialLanguage Standard Chinese
surface form: Mandarin Chinese

Standard Chinese
officialName China self-linksurface differs
surface form: People's Republic of China
olympicHost hosted 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
hosted 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
permanentUNSCMember true
politicalStatus major global political power
politicalSystemFeature one-party rule
unitary state
populationRank most populous country in the world or second depending on estimates
populationStatus over 1.4 billion inhabitants
predecessorState Republic of China
surface form: Republic of China (on the mainland)
recognizedEthnicGroups over 50 minority ethnic groups
regionalLanguage Cantonese
Hakka
Hokkien
Shanghainese
many other Chinese varieties
regionalScript Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong and Macau)
rulingParty Chinese Communist Party
surface form: Communist Party of China
shortName China self-link
spaceProgram China National Space Administration
standardScript Simplified Chinese (mainland)
subregion East Asia
timeZone China Standard Time
timeZonePolicy single time zone across the country
utcOffset +8
writingSystem Chinese characters

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All-China Youth Federation regionServed China
this entity surface form: Mainland China
Pingshan, Hebei country China
subject surface form: Pingshan County, Hebei
Pingshan, Hebei locatedIn China
subject surface form: Pingshan County, Hebei
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Pingshan, Hebei isInSovereignState China
subject surface form: Pingshan County, Hebei
Weibo country China
Weibo userBaseRegion China
this entity surface form: Mainland China
WeChat countryOfOrigin China
WeChat primaryMarket China
PAP country China
subject surface form: People’s Armed Police
PAP allegiance China
subject surface form: People’s Armed Police
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of China
PAP jurisdiction China
subject surface form: People’s Armed Police
this entity surface form: mainland China
Mobile Corps country China
Mobile Corps allegiance China
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of China
Forestry units (historically) allegiance China
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of China
People's Armed Police Law of the People's Republic of China country China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Xuchang country China
Xuchang partOf China
this entity surface form: People’s Republic of China
Luoyan Island locatedIn China
Luoyan Island country China
Anfu Road locatedIn China
Anfu Road country China
Wanzhou District country China
Wanzhou District subdivisionOf China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Nate usedInTheater China
Weinan country China
Weinan partOf China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Yunyang District country China
Yunyang District locatedInCountrySubdivision China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Xuhui Campus locatedIn China
Xuhui Campus country China
Yulin country China
Yulin partOf China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Xiamen dialect spokenIn China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Xiamen dialect country China
Hoklo language spokenIn China
Chung Kuo album China
Chung Kuo partOf China