China

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China
Traditional Chinese	中國
Simplified Chinese	中国
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōngguó Bopomofo [ㄓㄨㄥㄍㄨㄛˊ] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1: ㄓ) (help) Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jong gwo Wade–Giles Chung1kuo2 Tongyong Pinyin Jhong1guo2 MPS2 Jung1guo2 IPA [ʈʂʊ́ŋkwǒ] other Mandarin Xiao'erjing [ﺟْﻮ ﻗُﻮَع] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 68: ﺟ) (help) Wu Romanization Tson平kueh入 Gan Romanization Tung-koe̍t Xiang IPA [tan55kua13] Hakka Romanization Dung24Gued2 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jūnggwok Jyutping Zung1gwok3 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tiong-kok Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Dṳ̆ng-guók (help·info)

China (simplified Chinese: 中国; traditional Chinese: 中國 Pinyin: Zhōngguó) is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and a nation in East Asia. The official name is People's Republic of China or PRC.

The latest Chinese Civil War (1927–1949) resulted from two different political powers today:

• The Republic of China (ROC) (since 1911), commonly known as China since 1 January, 1911 to 25 October, 1971. Now commonly known as Taiwan, Taiwan has control over the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu.
• The People's Republic of China (PRC) (since 1949), commonly known as China, has control over mainland China and the largely self-governing territories of Hong Kong (since 1997) and Macau (since 1999).

China is one of the world's oldest civilizations, having the oldest continuous civilization near the Yellow River region.^[1] There is archaeological evidence found that is over 5,000 years old.^[2] China also has one of the world's oldest writing systems (and the oldest in use today). China has been the source of making many major inventions.^[2] Geographically, China’s longest river is the Yangtze River, which runs through mega cities and is home to many species. It is the world’s third longest river.

1. ↑ "What Is a Culture?". Archived from the original on 2006-09-02.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Haggett, Peter (2002). Encyclopedia of World Geography. Marshall Cavendish. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7614-7289-6.