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China
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This article is about the Chinese civilization.
For the modern political entities, see People's Republic of China and Republic of China.
For other uses, see China (disambiguation).
China
Map of China
Current boundaries of the PRC and the ROC
Traditional Chinese:
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Simplified Chinese:
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Transliterations
Kejia (Hakka)
- Romanization:
Ch?ng-koet
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin:
Zhonggu?
- Tongyong Pinyin:
Jhonggu?
- Wade-Giles:
Chung1-kuo?
Listen (help·info)
Min
- Min-nan POJ:
Tiong-kok
Yue (Cantonese)
- Jyutping:
zung1 gwok?
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China (Traditional Chinese: ??; Simplified Chinese: ??; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhonggu? (help·info); Tongyong Pinyin: Jhonggu?; Wade-Giles (Mandarin): Chung1kuo?) is a cultural region, ancient civilization, and nation in East Asia. It is one of the world's oldest civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. The stalemate of the last Chinese Civil War has resulted in two political states using the name China: the People's Republic of China (PRC), commonly known as "China," which controls mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau; and the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as "Taiwan," which controls the island of Taiwan and its surrounding islands. The areas administered by the ROC is only considered not a part of "China" by a few countries; see Political status of Taiwan.
China is one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and has been the source of some of the world's great inventions, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China: paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
