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China is a country of East Asia that is the largest of all Asian countries and has one of the largest populations of any country in the world. Occupying nearly the entire East Asian landmass, it covers approximately one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth. Learn more about China, including its history and culture.

“China is experiencing a transition in its economic model,” Pan Gongsheng, the governor of the People’s Bank of China, told a group of international bankers at a conference in Hong Kong on...

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China East and Southeast Asia Page last updated: November 14, 2023 Photos of China view 104 photos Introduction Background China's historical civilization dates to at least the 13th century B.C., first under the Shang (to 1046 B.C.) and then the Zhou (1046-221 B.C) dynasties.

With 772 million users, China has the world's largest online population. Three powerful companies - Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent - dominate the market. Tencent's WeChat messenger has more than 900 ...

The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the Yellow River valley, which along with the Yangtze basin constitutes the geographic core of the Chinese ...

China - Population, Economy, Culture: The state barred literati from using the academies and literary societies for explicitly political activities. Scholars in Beijing and in the rich cities of the Yangtze delta turned from politics to the study of texts that marked the empirical school of scholarship (kaozheng xue).

China's matchmaking mums have a powerful ally: The Party. Chinese leaders add to parental pressure, urging young Chinese to marry and have babies. Get the latest Asian news from BBC News in Asia ...