China
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"Everybody continually kills the Mandarin" --Émile Chartier "The presence of a large reservoir of SARS-CoV-like viruses in horseshoe bats, together with the culture of eating exotic mammals in southern China, is a time bomb." --researchers of the University of Hong Kong, 2007 |
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- A country in East Asia. Official name: People's Republic of China.
- Region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- The civilisation/civilization of the Chinese people.
History
China emerged as one of the world's first civilizations, in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. China was one of the world's foremost economic powers for most of the two millennia from the 1st until the 19th century.
Culture
The Culture of China (Chinese: 中國文化) is home to one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations covering a history of over 5,000 years. The nation covers a large geographical region with customs and traditions varying greatly between towns, cities and provinces. Chinese culture (Chinese: 中華文化) is a broad term used to describe the cultural foundation, even among Chinese-speaking regions outside of mainland China.
- See also
See also
- Xie Zhenhua (politician)
- Africa–China relations
- Chinese art
- Chinese capitalism
- Chinese contemporary art
- Chinese culture
- Great Wall of China
- Terracotta Army
- Chinese counterculture
- When China Rules the World
- Social Credit System
- Tank Man
- Execution van
- Mass surveillance in China
- Human rights in China
- One-child policy
- Tang ping
- Uyghurs, Xinjiang re-education camps
