China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

• Cathay — an archaic or literary name for China

• Asian country, Asian nation — countries occupying the Asian continent

• Chinese — a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China

• Chinese Revolution — the republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China; 1911-1912
• Chino-Japanese War — ware between China and Japan over control of Korea; China was defeated; 1894-1895
• Manchuria — a region in northeastern China
• Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China — capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city
• Gansu, Kansu — a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and Persia
• Hebei, Hopei, Hopeh — a populous province in northeastern China
• Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan — a populous province of south central China
• Yunnan — a province of southern China
• Shanghai — the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the world
• Guangzhou, Canton, Kuangchou, Kwangchow — a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; a major deep-water port
• Nanchang, Nan-chang — a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan Jiang
• Nanning, Nan-ning — an industrial city in southern China
• Shenyang, Mukden, Moukden, Fengtien — a city in northeastern China
• Tianjin, Tientsin, T'ien-ching — a major industrial center in northeastern China on the Grand Canal near the Yellow Sea; 3rd largest city in China
• Nanjing, Nanking — a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s
• Chongqing, Chungking — a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western China
• Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian — a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC
• Luoyang, Loyang — a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynasties
• Hangzhou, Hangchow — a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay (an inlet of the East China Sea); regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the world
• Great Wall of China, Great Wall — a wall in northern China built for defensive purposes during the 3rd century BC; 1,500 miles long and averaging 6 meters wide
• Hong Kong — a British Crown Colony on the coast of southern China; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers
• Amur, Amur River, Heilong Jiang — an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk
• Brahmaputra, Brahmaputra River — an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal
• Gan Jiang, Kan River — a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang north of Nanchang
• Huang He, Hwang Ho, Yellow River — a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta
• Kunlun, Kunlun Mountains, Kuenlun, Kuenlun Mountains — a mountain range in China
• Mekong, Mekong River — an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea
• Nan Ling — a mountain range in southeastern China running generally east to west
• Tien Shan, Tyan Shan — a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles
• Chang Jiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang — the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai
• Zhu Jiangi, Canton River, Chu Kiang — a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea

• Asia — the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations