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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Chongzhen Emperor country China
Hanyang District country China
Guanggu country China
Sun Lianzhong citizenship China
EQA marketAvailability China
Khmer Rouge supportFrom China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Huairen Hall locatedIn China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Huairen Hall country China
General Office of the State Council country China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
General Office of the State Council appliesToJurisdiction China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
General Office of the State Council locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Ai hasOrigin China
Li usedInCountry China
Zhao hasOriginIn China
Zhao isCommonInCountry China
Zhao isCommonInRegion China
this entity surface form: Mainland China
Qinzheng Hall country China
GM E2XX platform (for imported ZB generation) usedInRegion China
subject surface form: GM E2XX platform
Evergrande Group country China
Evergrande Group operatesIn China
this entity surface form: mainland China
Didi Chuxing country China
Didi Chuxing operatesIn China
Kachin borderRegion China
Kachin diaspora China
Shan Hills extendsInto China
SPP country China
subject surface form: Supreme People's Procuratorate of China
SPP jurisdiction China
subject surface form: Supreme People's Procuratorate of China
this entity surface form: People's Republic of China
Simatai section locatedIn China
Xiongnu country China
Xiongnu ethnicGroupIn China