China

China (traditional Chinese: 中國; simplified Chinese: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó (help·info); Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguó; Wade-Giles (Mandarin): Chung¹kuo²) is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia.

Date founded:

Oct 1, 1949

Also known as:

People's Republic of China,
PRC

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Beijing

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Communist state

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Latitude	Longitude
32.90429	110.46771

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Asia

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Area:

9,598,086 km²

Places imported from:

Imported from	Currency	Amount	Date
United States	US$	23,700,000,000	2008
Sudan			2006
Laos
Angola

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GDP (nominal):

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	4,222,000,000,000	2008

GDP (nominal per capita):

Currency	Amount	Valid Date
US$	6,100	2008

Places exported to:

Exported to	Date
Sudan	2006
Nepal
Sierra Leone
Tuvalu
Madagascar
Tanzania
Djibouti
Laos
Algeria
Angola

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number	date
1,335,962,133	Jan 13, 2009
1,321,851,888	Jul 2007

Military Combatant

Belongs To Combatant Group:

Triple Entente

Military Commanders:

Military Conflict	Military Commander
Battle of Nanjing	Tang Shengzhi

Military Conflicts:

Conflict	Combatants
Vietnam War	North Vietnam Khmer Rouge National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam North Korea Soviet Union Pathet Lao
Chola incident
Korean War
Battle of Nanjing
Sino-Vietnamese War
Sino-Indian War
Battle of Chosin Reservoir
First Sino-Japanese War
Secret War
Operation Ivory Coast

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Force Deployments:

Military Conflict	Combatant	Force Size	Resource	Date
Vietnam War	North Korea North Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Soviet Union Khmer Rouge	520,000	Personnel	1968

Casualties:

Military Conflict	Type Of Casualties	Estimate
Vietnam War	Military - Dead	1,446
Vietnam War	Military - Wounded	4,200

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Governing officials:

Officeholder	Office, position, or title	Governmental body (if position is part of one)	From	To
Wen Jiabao	Premier of the People's Republic of China		Mar 16, 2003
Zhu Rongji	Premier of the People's Republic of China		Mar 17, 1998	Mar 16, 2003
Wu Yi	Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	State Council of the People's Republic of China	Mar 2003	Mar 2008
Zeng Peiyan	Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China	State Council of the People's Republic of China
Wu Yi	Minister	Chinese Ministry of Health	2003	2005
Wu Yi	Minister	Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation	1993	1998
Wu Yi	Vice Minister	Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation	1991	1993
Wu Yi	Secretary	Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation	1993	1998
Wu Yi	Deputy Secretary	Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation	1991	1993
Wu Xiaoling	Administrator	State Administration of Foreign Exchange	1998

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Organization	From
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
African Development Bank
Asian Development Bank
Caribbean Development Bank
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
World Bank
United Nations	Oct 24, 1945
G20 major economies	1999

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Publishing

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Far Eastern Economic Review

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Athletic performances:

Medal	Athlete	Event
Gold medal	Bo Peng	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard
Gold medal	Jingjing Guo	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 metre springboard
Silver medal	Minxia Wu	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 3 metre springboard
Bronze medal	Liang Tian	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre platform
Gold medal	Jia Hu	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 metre platform
Silver medal	Lishi Lao	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre platform
Gold medal	Jinghui Yang Liang Tian	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's synchronized 10 metre platform
Gold medal	Jingjing Guo Minxia Wu	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard
Gold medal	Ting Li Lishi Lao	Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's synchronized 10 metre platform
Silver medal	Liang-De Tan	Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard

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Athletes:

Athlete	Olympics
Ni Xiong	2000 Summer Olympics
Ni Xiong	1996 Summer Olympics
Ni Xiong	1988 Summer Olympics
Ni Xiong	1992 Summer Olympics
Hailiang Xiao	2000 Summer Olympics
Hailiang Xiao	1996 Summer Olympics
Xue Sang	2000 Summer Olympics
Jia Hu	2000 Summer Olympics
Jia Hu	2004 Summer Olympics
De-Liang Li	1988 Summer Olympics

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