People's republic of china

People's Republic of China

The People's Republic of China (PRC) (Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), commonly known as China, is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.4 billion in 2021.

Pronunciation

In Mandarin Chinese, the People's Republic of China is pronounced as "Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó".

Etymology

The term "People's Republic of China" is a direct translation of the Chinese "Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó". "Zhōnghuá" is a term that signifies "China" in a cultural sense, "Rénmín" means "people's", "Gònghéguó" means "republic".

Related Terms

• Communism: The political ideology that the PRC was founded upon.
• Mao Zedong: The founding father of the PRC.
• Great Leap Forward: An economic and social campaign led by the Communist Party of China from 1958 to 1962.
• Cultural Revolution: A sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 to 1976.
• One Country, Two Systems: A constitutional principle formulated by Deng Xiaoping, the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC), for the reunification of China during the early 1980s.
• Tiananmen Square protests: A pro-democracy movement in 1989 that ended in a massacre.
• Xi Jinping: The current leader of the PRC.

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