China

The People's Republic of China is an East Asian country that occupies one-fourteenth of the land area of Earth. In area, it is surpassed only by Russia and Canada. In population, it is the largest country on the planet. Beijing is its financial, commercial, and administrative capital.
China emerged as one of the world's first civilizations, and successive dynasties ruled the area for thousands of years. The final dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, was defeated in the 1911 Rebellion, which lead to the establishment of the Republic of China. During World War II, China was invaded by Imperial Japan. A civil war resulted in the defeat of the Republic when Mao Zedong's Chinese Communist Party successfully conquered mainland China; Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang retreated to the island of Taiwan. Relations between the two governments remain strained.
==Popular Culture==
===Appearances===
====Variants====
The following list is of explicit appearances of China.
Year	Name 	Appearance	Notes
1592	China	
* Journey to the West, author unknown	
* Buddhist monk Tang Sanzang and allies Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing must bring holy scriptures back from India at the request of the Buddha, while encountering moral tests and supernatural beings along the way.
== Quotes ==
See China/Quotes.
== Links ==
* China on Wikipedia
* China on Encyclopædia Britannica
* China on TV Tropes
== References ==
Category:Real locations
Category:Real Chinese locations
Category:Real countries
Category:Real Asian countries
Category:Real Asian locations