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The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (FRC; Simplifee'd Cheenese: 中华人民共和国, Tradeetional Cheenese: 中華人民共和國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó listen (help·info), or Cheenae), is a sovereign state in East Asie. Wi a population o mair nor 1.3 billion fowk, the FRC is the maist populous kintra in the warld.
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Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
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![]() Aurie controlled bi the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae shawn in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shawn in licht green. | |
Caipital | Beijing[lower-alpha 1] 39°55′N 116°23′E |
Lairgest ceety | Shanghai[1] |
Offeecial leids | Staundart Cheenese[2][lower-alpha 2] |
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Offeecial written leid | Vernacular Cheenese |
Offeecial script | Semplifee'd Cheenese[2] |
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym(s) | Cheenese |
Govrenment | Single-pairty socialist republic |
• Preses | Xi Jinping[lower-alpha 4] |
• Premier | Li Qiang |
• Congress Chairman | Zhang Dejiang |
• Conference Chairman | Yu Zhengsheng |
Legislatur | Naitional Fowk's Congress |
Formation | |
• Unification o Cheenae unner the Qin Dynasty | 221 BCE |
• Republic established | 1 Januar 1912 |
1 October 1949 | |
Aurie | |
• Total | 9,596,961 km2 (3,705,407 sq mi)[lower-alpha 5] (3rd/4t) |
• Water (%) | 0.28%[lower-alpha 6] |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | ![]() |
• 2010 census | 1,340,910,000[8] (1st) |
• Density | 145[9]/km2 (375.5/sq mi) (83rd) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
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GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
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Gini (2018) | ![]() heich |
HDI (2018) | ![]() heich · 85t |
Currency | Renminbi (yuan)(¥)[lower-alpha 7] (CNY) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time) |
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Drivin side | richt[lower-alpha 8] |
Cawin code | +86 |
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The Communist Pairty o Cheenae (CPC) haes led the FRC unner a ae-pairty seestem syne the kintra's foondin in 1949. Mauger this, naur hauf the FRC's economy haes been privatised in the bygane three decades unner "Socialism wi Cheenese chairacteristics." Durin the 1980s, thir economic reforms helpit lift millions o fowk oot o puirtith, bringin the poverty rate doun tae 12% frae the oreeginal ae-third o the population (China’s Institutional and Structural fault lines, that cites World Bank, 1992, p. 4 as the reference). Houaniver, acause o this mixin o mercat an planned economies, the FRC is faced wi a nummer o problems associate wi ilkane, includin unemployment an increasin rural/urban income gap. Mauger failins, greater prosperity haes led tae growin Cheenese global influence in economic, poleetical, meelitary, scieentific, technological, an cultural affairs.
In an ongaun dispute, the FRC claims suyerainty ower Taiwan an some naurby islands, that's been actually controllt bi the Republic o Cheenae syne 1949. The FRC threaps that the Republic o Cheena is an illegeetimate an supplantit entity an admeenistratively categorizes Taiwan as a province o the FRC. The term "mainlaund China" is whiles uised tae denote the aurie unner FRC owerins, but for normal excludin the twa Speicial Administrative Regions, Hong Kong an Macau.
The wird "China" his been yaised in Englis since the 16th centurie; hooever, it wasnae a wird used by the Cheenese theresels at this time. Hits origin has been traced through Portuguese, Malay, and Persian back to the Sanskrit wird Cīna, used in ancient India.
"China" appears in Richard Eden's 1555 owersett o the 1516 journal o the Portuguese explorer Duarte Barbosa. Barbosa's yaisage wis derivit fae Persian Chīn (چین), which wis in turn derivit from Sanskrit Cīna (चीन). Cīna was first used in early Hindu scripture, including the Mahābhārata (5th century bce) and the Laws o Manu (2nd century bce). In 1655, Martino Martini suggested that the wird China is derivit ultimately fae the name o the Qin dynasty (221–206 BCE). Although this derivation is still gien in various sources, the origin o the Sanskrit wird is a matter of debate, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Alternative suggestions include the names for Yelang and the Jing or Chu state.
The official name o the modern state is the "Fowksrepublic o Cheenae" (simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国; traditional Chinese: 中華人民共和國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó). The shorter form is "Cheenae" Zhōngguó (中国; 中國) fae 'zhōng' ("central") and 'guó' ("state"), a term which developed durin the Western Zhou dynasty in reference tae its royal demesne. It was then applied tae the area around Luoyi (present-day Luoyang) during the Eastern Zhou and then to China's Central Plain afore being yaised as an occasional synonym fir the state under the Qing. It was often used as a cultural concept to distinguish the Huaxia fowk fae perceived "barbarians". The name Zhongguo is also translated as "Middle Kingdom" in English.
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