4. (n.)China People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,246,871,951; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km).
Definition of 'china'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, PRC, Cathay a communistnation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
3. (noun)Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainlandChina by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
1. china which, with Tibet, Mongolia (from which it is separated by the Great Wall), and parts of Turkestan, forms the Chinese Empire; is a vast, compact, and densely peopled country in Eastern Asia; bounded on the N. by Mongolia; W. by Tibet and Burmah; S. by Siam, Annam, and the China Sea; and E. by the Pacific. In the W. are lofty mountain ranges running N. and S., from which parallel ranges run E. and W., rising to greatest height in the S. Two great rivers traverse the country, the Hoang-ho and the Yangtse-kiang, the latter with many large lakes in its course, and bearing on its waters an innumerable fleet of boats and barges. Between the lower courses of these rivers lies the Great Plain, one of the vastest and richest in the world, whose yellowsoil produces great crops with littlelabour and no manure. The coast-line is long and much indented, and out of it are bitten the gulfs of Pe-che-lee, the Yellow Sea, and Hang-chou. There are many small islands off the coast; the mountainous Hainau is the only large one stillChinese. The climate in the N. has a clear frosty winter, and warm rainy summer; in the S. it is hot. The country is rich in evergreens and flowering plants. In the N. wheat, millet, and cotton are grown; in the S. rice, tea, sugar, silk, and opium. Agriculture is the chief industry, and though primitive, it is remarkably painstaking and skilful. Forests have everywhere been cleared away, and the wholecountry is marvellously fertile. Its mineralwealth is enormous. Iron, copper, and coal abound in vast quantities; has coal-fields that, it is said, if they were worked, "would revolutionise the trade of the world." The most important manufactures are of silk, cotton, and china. Commerce is as yet chiefly internal; its inter-provincial trade is the largest and oldest in the world. Foreign trade is growing, almost all as yet done with Britain and her Colonies. Tea and silk are exported; cotton goods and opium imported. About twenty-five ports are open to British vessels, of which the largest are Shanghai and Canton. There are no railways; communication inland is by road, river, and canals. The people are a mixed race of Mongol type, kindly, courteous, peaceful, and extremely industrious, and in their own way well educated. Buddhism is the prevailing faith of the masses, Confucianism of the upper classes. The Government is in theory a patriarchal autocracy, the Emperorbeing at once father and high-priest of all the people, and vicegerent of heaven. The capital is Pekin (500), in the NE. Chinesehistory goes back to 2300 B.C. Englishintercourse with the Chinese began in 1635 A.D., and diplomatic relations between London and Pekin were established this century. The Anglo-Chinese wars of 1840, 1857, and 1860 broke down the barrier of exclusion previously maintained against the outsideworld. The Japanese war of 1894-95 betrayed the weakness of the national organisation; and the seizure of Formosa by Japan, the Russo-Japanese protectorateoverManchuria and Corea, the Frenchdemand for Kwang-si and Kwang-tung, enforced lease of Kiao-chau to Germany, and of Wei-hai-wei to Britain (1898), seem to forebode the partition of the ancientempire among the more energetic Western nations.
Definitions of china 
Afrikaans: porselein
Arabic: صيني، خَزَفٌ صيني
Bulgarian: порцелан
Brazilian: porcelana
Czech: porcelán, porcelánový
German: das Porzellan
Danish: porcelæn
Greek: πορσελάνη
Spanish: porcelana
Estonian: portselan
Farsi: ضرف چینی
Finnish: posliini
French: (de) porcelaine
Hebrew: קְרָמִיקָה
Hindi: चीनी मिट्टी
Croatian: porculan
Hungarian: porcelán
Indonesian: porselen
Icelandic: postulín
Italian: porcellana
Japanese: 磁器
Korean: 도자기
Lithuanian: porcelianas
Latvian: porcelāns
Malay: tembikar
Dutch: porselein; porseleinen
Norwegian: porselen; porselens-
Polish: porcelana
Persian: ضرف چینی
Pashto: چينى باب (ګيلاسونه، پيالې
Portuguese: porcelana
Romanian: (de) porţelan
Russian: фарфор
Slovak: porcelán; porcelánový
Slovenian: porcelan
Serbian: porcelan
Swedish: porslin
Thai: เครื่องเคลือบดินเผา
Turkish: porselen
Taiwanese: 瓷器
Ukrainian: фарфор, порцеляна
Urdu: چینی ، چینی کے برتن
Vietnamese: đồ sứ
Chinese: 瓷器
