Also known as
  • People's Republic of 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.

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Date founded
  • Oct 1, 1949
Date dissolved
Population
number
date
  • 1,321,851,888
  • Jul 2007
GDP (nominal)
GDP (nominal per capita)
CO2 emissions - total
CO2 emissions - residential
CO2 emissions - commercial
CO2 emissions - industrial
CO2 emissions - mobile
Automobiles per capita
Places imported from
imported from
currency
amount
date
  • 23,700,000,000.0
  • 2008
  • 2006
Major exports
Major imports