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  2. China - Wikipedia

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    China, [h] officially the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), [i] is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most populous country. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land. [j] With an area of nearly 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it ...

  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. Economy of China - Wikipedia

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    China's was the only major world economy to experience GDP growth in 2020, when its GDP increased by 2.3%. [99] However, it posted one of its worst economic performances in decades because of COVID-19 in 2022. [100] In 2023, IMF predicted China to continue being one of the fastest growing major economies. [101]

  5. 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 of 1.409 billion. [3] 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.

  6. Government of China - Wikipedia

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    The government of the People's Republic of China is based on a system of people's congress within the parameters of a unitary communist state, in which the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) enacts its policies through people's congresses. This system is based on the principle of unified state power, in which the legislature, the National ...

  7. Geography of China - Wikipedia

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    The People's Republic of China has an area of about 9,600,000 km 2 (3,700,000 sq mi). The exact land area is sometimes challenged by border disputes, most notably about Taiwan, Aksai Chin, the Trans-Karakoram Tract, and South Tibet. The area of the People's Republic of China is 9,596,960 km 2 (3,705,410 sq mi) according to the CIA's The World ...

  8. Portal:China - Wikipedia

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    China. China, officially the People's Republic of China ( PRC ), is a country in East Asia. With a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the world's second-most populous country. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land. With an area of nearly 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is ...

  9. Politics of China - Wikipedia

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    Politics of China. In China, politics functions within a communist state framework based on the system of people's congress under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with the National People's Congress (NPC) functioning as the highest organ of state power and only branch of government per the principle of unified power.

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