China

## Flag

### Subdivisions

Provinces, autonomous regions, muncipalities, and special administrative regions

**China**, officially the **People's Republic of China** (**PRC**), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. China also has a narrow maritime boundary with the disputed Taiwan. Covering an area of approximately 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai.

## History

### Prehistory

* Paleolithic cultures
* Dadiwan culture
* Liangzhu culture
* Yangshao culture
* Longshan culture
* Majiayao culture
* Lower Xiajiadian culture
* Sanxingdui culture
* Xia dynasty
* Shang dynasty
* Predynastic Zhou

### Ancient/Antiquity

* Zhou dynasty
* Qin (state)
* Jin (Chinese state)
* Qi (state)
* Chu (state)
* Qin dynasty
* Eighteen Kingdoms
* Han dynasty (western)
* Xiongnu
* Xin dynasty
* Han dynasty (eastern)
* Cao Wei
* Shu Han
* Eastern Wu
* Jin dynasty (266–420)
* Sixteen Kingdoms
	+ Main kingdoms
		1. Former Liang
		2. Later Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
		3. Northern Liang
		4. Southern Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
		5. Western Liang (Sixteen Kingdoms)
		6. Former Yan
		7. Later Yan
		8. Northern Yan
		9. Southern Yan
		10. Former Qin
		11. Later Qin
		12. Western Qin
		13. Han-Zhao
		14. Later Zhao
		15. Cheng-Han
		16. Xia (Sixteen Kingdoms)
	+ Other kingdoms
		- Dai (Sixteen Kingdoms)
		- Ran Wei
		- Zhai Wei
		- Chouchi
		- Duan Qi
		- Qiao Zong
		- Huan Wen
		- Tuyuhun
		- Western Yan

### Middle Ages

* Northern and Southern dynasties
	+ Northern Wei
	+ Eastern Wei
	+ Western Wei
	+ Northern Qi
	+ Northern Zhou
	+ Liu Song dynasty
	+ Southern Qi
	+ Liang dynasty
	+ Chen dynasty

* Sui dynasty
* Tang dynasty
* Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
	+ 5 Dynasties
		1. Later Liang (Five Dynasties)
		2. Later Tang
		3. Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
		4. Later Jin (Five Dynasties)
		5. Later Zhou
	+ 10 Kingdoms
		1. Yang Wu
		2. Wuyue
		3. Min (Ten Kingdoms)
		4. Ma Chu
		5. Southern Han
		6. Former Shu
		7. Later Shu
		8. Jingnan
		9. Southern Tang
		10. Northern Han

* Dali Kingdom
* Song dynasty
* Liao dynasty
* Western Xia
* Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
* Qara Khitai
* Mongol Empire
* Yuan dynasty
* Northern Yuan
* Ming dynasty

### Early Modern Period

* Southern Ming
* Later Jin (1616–1636)
* Qing dynasty

### Modern Period

* Republic of China (1912–1949)
* Empire of China (1915–1916)
	+ Provisional Government of the Republic of China (1912)
	+ Beiyang government
	+ Nationalist government
* People's Republic of China (since 1949)

## Separatism

### Hong Kong

* Hong Kong or unification with UK as an Overseas Territory

### Minor Movements

* Shanghai independence movement
* Inner Mongolian independence movement

## Subdivisions

### Provinces

* Anhui
* Fujian
* Gansu
* Guangdong
* Guizhou
* Hainan
* Hebei
* Heilongjiang
* Henan
* Hubei
* Hunan
* Jiangsu
* Jiangxi
* Jilin
* Liaoning
* Qinghai
* Shaanxi
* Shandong
* Shanxi
* Sichuan
* Yunnan
* Zhejiang

### Autonomous Regions

* Guangxi
* Inner Mongolia
* Ningxia
* Xinjiang
* Tibet Autonomous Region

### Muncipalities

* Beijing
* Chongqing
* Shanghai
* Tianjin

### Special Administrative Regions

* Hong Kong
* Macau