What is China's real name?

China (Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó), officially the People's Republic of China (PRC; Chinese: 中华人民共和国; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), is a country in East Asia.
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What is China official name?

China, Chinese (Pinyin) Zhonghua or (Wade-Giles romanization) Chung-hua, also spelled (Pinyin) Zhongguo or (Wade-Giles romanization) Chung-kuo, officially People's Republic of China or Chinese (Pinyin) Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo or (Wade-Giles romanization) Chung-hua Jen-min Kung-ho-kuo, country of East Asia.
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Why is China called Chinese?

The name 'China' comes from the Sanskrit Cina (derived from the name of the Chinese Qin Dynasty, pronounced 'Chin') which was translated as 'Cin' by the Persians and seems to have become popularized through trade along the Silk Road.
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What did Japan call China?

Shina (支那, pronounced [ɕiꜜna]) is a largely archaic Japanese name for China.
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Why is Japan called Japan?

The origin of the name Japan is not certain, but researchers say it probably came from the Malayan ″Japung″ or the Chinese ″Riben,″ meaning roughly land of the rising sun. Historians say the Japanese called their country Yamato in its early history, and they began using Nippon around the seventh century.
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Why is Zhongguo called China in English?



What do the Chinese call themselves?

Zhonghua minzu (the "Chinese nation")

The term zhongguo renmin (Chinese: 中国人民), "Chinese people", was the government's preferred term during the life of Mao Zedong; zhonghua minzu is more common in recent decades.
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Why do Chinese have 3 names?

It's a long-established tradition

Until the mid-1900s in China, a person usually had three names besides his or her surname: ming, zi and hao. Ming is the name given by parents; Zi is the name granted to a person at the beginning of adulthood – men usually at the age of 20 and women at 15.
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What is Chinese first name and last name?

The family name (or 'surname') is inherited from one's parents and shared with other members of the individual's immediate family . It always comes before the given name and is usually a single syllable/Chinese character. The given name (or 'personal name') is chosen at birth as the individual's personal identifier.
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What is the race of Chinese?

The Chinese belong to the yellow race because they come from the blood stock of the yellow race. The blood of ancestors is transmitted by heredity down through the race, making blood kinship a powerful force” (Sun 1927: 4–5).
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What does Japan call the United States?

米国 noun. Beikoku us, USA, America.
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What's Japan's real name?

In English, the modern official title of the country is simply "Japan", one of the few countries to have no "long form" name. The official Japanese-language name is Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku (日本国), literally "State of Japan".
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Which city is called Rising Sun?

Japan is often called “the land of the rising sun”.
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What came first China or Japan?

Japan: 15 Million Years Old. China: 2100 BC. Armenia: 6500 BC.
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Who created China?

Sun Yat-sen, the founding father of Republic of China, the oldest surviving republic in Asia. Three different flags were originally used during the Revolution.
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Is China the oldest country?

By many accounts, the Republic of San Marino, one of the world's smallest countries, is also the world's oldest country. The tiny country that is completely landlocked by Italy was founded on September 3rd in the year 301 BCE.
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Is Korea Chinese or Japanese?

Korea is separated from China by the Yellow Sea and the Yalu and Tumen Rivers to the north. The Yalu and Tumen rivers form the actual border between North Korea and China. Japan is located just east of the Korean Peninsula across the Korea Strait. The Korean Peninsula is now split between South Korea and North Korea.
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What was Tokyo called before?

The history of the city of Tokyo stretches back some 400 years. Originally named Edo, the city started to flourish after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate here in 1603.
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Is Japan the oldest country in the world?

With 26.3 percent of its population at 65 years of age or older, Japan is the oldest nation in the world.
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What is America called in Korea?

“America” in Korean – 미국 (miguk)

The Korean word for America is 미국 (miguk). A quick side note, the United States of America had previously aided South Korea during the Korean War before the Korean peninsula has been divided into South and North Korea.
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What does Japan think of America?

Japan is currently one of the most pro-American nations in the world, with 67% of Japanese viewing the United States favorably, according to a 2018 Pew survey; and 75% saying they trust the United States as opposed to 7% for China.
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Where did Chinese people come from?

The term Huaxia refers to the collective Neolithic confederation of agricultural tribes Hua and Xia who settled along the Central Plains around the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in northern China. These tribes were the ancestors of the modern Han Chinese people who gave birth to Chinese civilization.
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What religion are Chinese people?

The research and advocacy group Freedom House estimated in 2017 that there are more than 350 million religious believers in China, primarily made up of Chinese Buddhists, followed by Protestants, Muslims, Falun Gong practitioners, Catholics, and Tibetan Buddhists.
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