nthe largest country in eastern Asia. Population: 1,349,585,838 (2014). Capital: Beijing. China's population is the largest of any country in the world. It also has one of the oldest civilizations in the world. For over 2000 years, China was ruled by a series of powerful families called dynasties (dynasty). In 1912 it became a republic and in 1949, after a long war between the Nationalists and the Communists, it became a Communist state, known as the People's Republic of China (PRC), which was led for many years by Mao Zedong. More recently, under the leadership of Deng Xiaping, Jiang Zemin, and Xi Jinping, China has achieved a very fastrate of economicdevelopment, and it is now one of the most important economic and industrial powers in the world.
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(1500-1600)Persianchini“Chinese”; because it was originally made in China