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	\| national_anthem = <br />{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|义勇军进行曲}}<br />{{transliteration\|zh\|Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ}}<br />"[[March of the Volunteers]]"{{parabr}}{{center\|[[File:March of the Volunteers instrumental.ogg]]}}		\| national_anthem = <br />{{lang\|zh-Hans-CN\|义勇军进行曲}}<br />{{transliteration\|zh\|Yìyǒngjūn Jìnxíngqǔ}}<br />"[[March of the Volunteers]]"{{parabr}}{{center\|[[File:March of the Volunteers instrumental.ogg]]}}
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	[[File:FloorGoban.JPG\|thumb\|[[Go (game)\|Go]] is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent and was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago.]]		[[File:FloorGoban.JPG\|thumb\|[[Go (game)\|Go]] is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent and was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago.]]

	[[Physical fitness]] is widely emphasized in Chinese culture, with morning exercises such as ''[[qigong]]'' and [[tai chi]] widely practiced,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Thornton\|first1=E. W.\|last2=Sykes\|first2=K. S.\|last3=Tang\|first3=W. K.\|year=2004\|title=Health benefits of Tai Chi exercise: Improved balance and blood pressure in middle-aged women\|journal=[[Health Promotion International]]\|volume=19\|issue=1\|pages=33–38\|doi=10.1093/heapro/dah105\|pmid=14976170}}</ref> and commercial [[gym]]s and private fitness clubs are gaining popularity across the country.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://chinasportsbiz.com/2011/07/01/huge-potential-of-fitness-market-in-china/\|title=China health club market – Huge potential & challenges\|website=China Sports Business\|date=1 July 2011\|access-date=31 July 2012 }}</ref> Basketball is currently the most popular spectator sport in China.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://www.wenzhou.gov.cn/art/2014/8/7/art_9113_318011.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109001344/http://www.wenzhou.gov.cn/art/2014/8/7/art_9113_318011.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=9 November 2015\|script-title=zh:2014年6岁至69岁人群体育健身活动和体质状况抽测结果发布\|website=Wenzhou People's Government\|date=7 August 2014\|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> The [[Chinese Basketball Association]] and the American [[National Basketball Association]] also have a huge national following amongst the Chinese populace, with native-born and NBA-bound Chinese players and well-known national household names such as [[Yao Ming]] and [[Yi Jianlian]] being held in high esteem among Chinese basketball fans.<ref name="Beech2003">{{cite magazine\|url = http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/yao_ming.html\|title=Yao Ming\|access-date=30 March 2007\|last=Beech\|first=Hannah\|magazine=Time\|date=28 April 2003\|url-status = dead\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110705191234/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/yao_ming.html\|archive-date=5 July 2011 }}</ref> China's professional football league, now known as [[Chinese Super League]], was established in 1994, it is the largest football market in East Asia.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://sports.sohu.com/20130714/n381558488.shtml\|script-title=zh:足球不给劲观众却不少中超球市世界第9亚洲第1\|website=[[Sohu]] Sports\|date=14 July 2013\|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> Other popular sports in the country include [[Chinese martial arts\|martial arts]], [[table tennis]], [[badminton]], [[swimming (sport)\|swimming]] and [[snooker]]. [[Board game]]s such as [[Go (board game)\|go]] (known as ''wéiqí'' in Chinese), [[xiangqi]], [[mahjong]], and more recently [[chess]], are also played at a professional level.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120512103553/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F9%2F2%2Flifeliving%2F9398979&sec=lifeliving "Chinese players dominate at Malaysia open chess championship"]. ''Toronto Star''. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.</ref> In addition, China is home to a huge number of [[cycling\|cyclists]], with an estimated 470 million bicycles {{As of\|2012\|lc=y}}.<ref name="470MBikes">{{cite news \|date=17 August 2012 \|title=Bike-Maker Giant Says Fitness Lifestyle Boosting China Sales \|work=[[Bloomberg News]] \|agency= \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-16/bicycle-maker-giant-says-fitness-lifestyle-boosting-china-sales.html \|access-date=8 September 2012}}</ref> Many more traditional sports, such as [[dragon boat]] racing, [[Mongolian wrestling\|Mongolian-style wrestling]] and [[horse racing]] are also popular.<ref name="Ref_abcden">Qinfa, Ye. [http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm "Sports History of China"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303183246/http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm \|date=3 March 2009 }}. [[About.Com]]. Retrieved 21 April 2006.</ref>		[[Physical fitness]] is widely emphasized in Chinese culture, with morning exercises such as ''[[qigong]]'' and [[tai chi]] widely practiced,<ref>{{Cite journal\|last1=Thornton\|first1=E. W.\|last2=Sykes\|first2=K. S.\|last3=Tang\|first3=W. K.\|year=2004\|title=Health benefits of Tai Chi exercise: Improved balance and blood pressure in middle-aged women\|journal=[[Health Promotion International]]\|volume=19\|issue=1\|pages=33–38\|doi=10.1093/heapro/dah105\|pmid=14976170}}</ref> and commercial [[gym]]s and private fitness clubs are gaining popularity across the country.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://chinasportsbiz.com/2011/07/01/huge-potential-of-fitness-market-in-china/\|title=China health club market – Huge potential & challenges\|website=China Sports Business\|date=1 July 2011\|access-date=31 July 2012 }}</ref> Basketball is currently the most popular spectator sport in China.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://www.wenzhou.gov.cn/art/2014/8/7/art_9113_318011.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151109001344/http://www.wenzhou.gov.cn/art/2014/8/7/art_9113_318011.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=9 November 2015\|script-title=zh:2014年6岁至69岁人群体育健身活动和体质状况抽测结果发布\|website=Wenzhou People's Government\|date=7 August 2014\|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> The [[Chinese Basketball Association]] and the American [[National Basketball Association]] also have a huge national following amongst the Chinese populace, with native-born and NBA-bound Chinese players and well-known national household names such as [[Yao Ming]] and [[Yi Jianlian]] being held in high esteem among Chinese basketball fans.<ref name="Beech2003">{{cite magazine\|url = http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/yao_ming.html\|title=Yao Ming\|access-date=30 March 2007\|last=Beech\|first=Hannah\|magazine=Time\|date=28 April 2003\|url-status = dead\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110705191234/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/heroes/yao_ming.html\|archive-date=5 July 2011 }}</ref> China's professional football league, now known as [[Chinese Super League]], was established in 1994, it is the largest football market in East Asia.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://sports.sohu.com/20130714/n381558488.shtml\|script-title=zh:足球不给劲观众却不少中超球市世界第9亚洲第1\|website=[[Sohu]] Sports\|date=14 July 2013\|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref> Other popular sports in the country include [[Chinese martial arts\|martial arts]], [[table tennis]], [[badminton]], [[swimming (sport)\|swimming]] and [[snooker]]. [[Board game]]s such as [[Go (board game)\|go]] (known as ''wéiqí'' in Chinese), [[xiangqi]], [[mahjong]], and more recently [[chess]], are also played at a professional level.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120512103553/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F9%2F2%2Flifeliving%2F9398979&sec=lifeliving "Chinese players dominate at Malaysia open chess championship"]. ''Toronto Star''. 2 September 2011. Retrieved 24 September 2011.</ref> In addition, China is home to a huge number of [[cycling\|cyclists]], with an estimated 470 million bicycles {{As of\|2012\|lc=y}}.<ref name="470MBikes">{{cite news \|date=17 August 2012 \|title=Bike-Maker Giant Says Fitness Lifestyle Boosting China Sales \|work=[[Bloomberg News]] \|agency= \|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-16/bicycle-maker-giant-says-fitness-lifestyle-boosting-china-sales.html \|access-date=8 September 2012}}</ref> Many more traditional sports, such as [[dragon boat]] racing, [[Mongolian wrestling\|Mongolian-style wrestling]] and [[horse racing]] are also popular.<ref name="Ref_abcden">Qinfa, Ye. [http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm "Sports History of China"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303183246/http://chineseculture.about.com/library/weekly/aa032301a.htm\|date=3 March 2009}}. [[About.Com]]. Retrieved 21 April 2006.</ref>

	China has [[China at the Olympics\|participated in the Olympic Games]] since 1932, although it has only participated as the PRC [[China at the 1952 Summer Olympics\|since 1952]]. China hosted the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, where its athletes received 48 gold medals – [[2008 Summer Olympics medal table\|the highest number of gold medals]] of any participating nation that year.<ref name="Ref_abcdeo">{{cite news\|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7583735.stm\|title=China targets more golds in 2012\|work=BBC Sport\|date=27 August 2008\|access-date= 27 November 2011 }}</ref> China also won the most medals of any nation at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], with 231 overall, including 95 gold medals.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/medals/medal-count/\|title=Medal Count\|website=London2012.com\|access-date=9 September 2012 \|url-status=dead\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120830230101/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/medals/medal-count/ \|archive-date=30 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/story/2012/09/9/china-dominates-medals-us-falls-short-at-paralympics/57719222/1\|title=China dominates medals; U.S. falls short at Paralympics\|newspaper=[[USA Today]]\|date=9 September 2012\|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> In 2011, Shenzhen in Guangdong, China hosted the [[2011 Summer Universiade]]. China hosted the [[2013 East Asian Games]] in Tianjin and the [[2014 Summer Youth Olympics]] in Nanjing; the first country to host both regular and Youth Olympics. Beijing and its nearby city [[Zhangjiakou]] of [[Hebei province]] collaboratively hosted the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], making Beijing the first dual olympic city in the world by holding both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Beijing: The world's first dual Olympic city \|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/100-days-to-go-beijing-worlds-first-dual-olympic-city\|publisher=olympics.com\|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url = https://www.olympic.org/beijing-2022\|title = Beijing 2022 Winter Games Olympics – results & video highlights\|date= 23 February 2018\|publisher=International Olympic Committee\|access-date= 23 February 2018}}</ref>		China has [[China at the Olympics\|participated in the Olympic Games]] since 1932, although it has only participated as the PRC [[China at the 1952 Summer Olympics\|since 1952]]. China hosted the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, where its athletes received 48 gold medals – [[2008 Summer Olympics medal table\|the highest number of gold medals]] of any participating nation that year.<ref name="Ref_abcdeo">{{cite news\|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7583735.stm\|title=China targets more golds in 2012\|work=BBC Sport\|date=27 August 2008\|access-date= 27 November 2011 }}</ref> China also won the most medals of any nation at the [[2012 Summer Paralympics]], with 231 overall, including 95 gold medals.<ref>{{cite web\|url = http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/medals/medal-count/\|title=Medal Count\|website=London2012.com\|access-date=9 September 2012 \|url-status=dead\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120830230101/http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/medals/medal-count/ \|archive-date=30 August 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url = https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/story/2012/09/9/china-dominates-medals-us-falls-short-at-paralympics/57719222/1\|title=China dominates medals; U.S. falls short at Paralympics\|newspaper=[[USA Today]]\|date=9 September 2012\|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> In 2011, Shenzhen in Guangdong, China hosted the [[2011 Summer Universiade]]. China hosted the [[2013 East Asian Games]] in Tianjin and the [[2014 Summer Youth Olympics]] in Nanjing; the first country to host both regular and Youth Olympics. Beijing and its nearby city [[Zhangjiakou]] of [[Hebei province]] collaboratively hosted the [[2022 Winter Olympics]], making Beijing the first dual olympic city in the world by holding both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Beijing: The world's first dual Olympic city \|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/100-days-to-go-beijing-worlds-first-dual-olympic-city\|publisher=olympics.com\|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url = https://www.olympic.org/beijing-2022\|title = Beijing 2022 Winter Games Olympics – results & video highlights\|date= 23 February 2018\|publisher=International Olympic Committee\|access-date= 23 February 2018}}</ref>

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	\| area_footnote = {{efn\|The area given is the official United Nations figure for [[Mainland China\|the mainland]] and excludes [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]] and [[Taiwan]].<ref name="UN Stat">{{cite web \|url = http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2007/Table03.pdf \|title = Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density \|publisher=UN Statistics \|year=2007 \|access-date=31 July 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101224063215/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2007/Table03.pdf \|archive-date=24 December 2010 }}</ref> It also excludes the [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]] ({{convert\|5800\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=or\|sp=us}}), [[Aksai Chin]] ({{convert\|37244\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=or\|sp=us}}) and other territories in dispute with India. The total area of China is listed as {{convert\|9572900\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|sp=us}} by the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China \|title = China \|encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica \|access-date = 16 November 2012 }}</ref> For further information, see [[Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China]].}}<ref>{{cite web \|url = https://www.worldometers.info/geography/largest-countries-in-the-world/ \|title = Largest Countries in the World by Area – Worldometers \|website = www.worldometers.info }}</ref>		\| area_footnote = {{efn\|The area given is the official United Nations figure for [[Mainland China\|the mainland]] and excludes [[Hong Kong]], [[Macau]] and [[Taiwan]].<ref name="UN Stat">{{cite web \|url = http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2007/Table03.pdf \|title = Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density \|publisher=UN Statistics \|year=2007 \|access-date=31 July 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101224063215/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2007/Table03.pdf \|archive-date=24 December 2010 }}</ref> It also excludes the [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]] ({{convert\|5800\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=or\|sp=us}}), [[Aksai Chin]] ({{convert\|37244\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|disp=or\|sp=us}}) and other territories in dispute with India. The total area of China is listed as {{convert\|9572900\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on\|sp=us}} by the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia \|url= http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/111803/China \|title = China \|encyclopedia = Encyclopædia Britannica \|access-date = 16 November 2012 }}</ref> For further information, see [[Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China]].}}<ref>{{cite web \|url = https://www.worldometers.info/geography/largest-countries-in-the-world/ \|title = Largest Countries in the World by Area – Worldometers \|website = www.worldometers.info }}</ref>
	\| area_rank = 3rd/4th		\| area_rank = 3rd/4th
	\| area_sq_mi = 3,705,407 <!--Do not remove per [[~~Wikipedia~~:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]-->		\| area_sq_mi = 3,705,407 <!--Do not remove per [[Bharatpedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]]-->
	\| percent_water = 2.8{{efn\|This figure was calculated using data from the CIA World Factbook.<ref name="CIA" />}}		\| percent_water = 2.8{{efn\|This figure was calculated using data from the CIA World Factbook.<ref name="CIA" />}}
	\| population_estimate = {{increase}} 1,400,050,000<ref name="govPPL">{{cite web \|script-title=zh:总人口 \|url = http://data.stats.gov.cn/easyquery.htm?cn=C01 \|access-date = 14 July 2020 \|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] \|language=zh }}</ref>		\| population_estimate = {{increase}} 1,400,050,000<ref name="govPPL">{{cite web \|script-title=zh:总人口 \|url = http://data.stats.gov.cn/easyquery.htm?cn=C01 \|access-date = 14 July 2020 \|publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of China]] \|language=zh }}</ref>
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	\| population_density_km2 = 145<ref>{{cite web \|title = Population density (people per km<sup>2</sup> of land area)		\| population_density_km2 = 145<ref>{{cite web \|title = Population density (people per km<sup>2</sup> of land area)
	\|url = http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST \|publisher=IMF \|access-date=16 May 2015 }}</ref>		\|url = http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.POP.DNST \|publisher=IMF \|access-date=16 May 2015 }}</ref>
	\| population_density_sq_mi = 373 <!-- Do not remove per [[~~Wikipedia~~:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]] -->		\| population_density_sq_mi = 373 <!-- Do not remove per [[Bharatpedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers]] -->
	\| population_density_rank = 83rd		\| population_density_rank = 83rd
	\| GDP_PPP = {{increase}} $24.162 trillion<ref name="IMFWEOCN">{{cite web \|url = https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2020/October/weo-report?c=924,&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2018&ey=2025&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1 \|title = World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020 \|publisher=International Monetary Fund \|website=IMF.org \|access-date=19 October 2020 }}</ref>		\| GDP_PPP = {{increase}} $24.162 trillion<ref name="IMFWEOCN">{{cite web \|url = https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2020/October/weo-report?c=924,&s=NGDPD,PPPGDP,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=2018&ey=2025&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1 \|title = World Economic Outlook Database, October 2020 \|publisher=International Monetary Fund \|website=IMF.org \|access-date=19 October 2020 }}</ref>
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	The word "China" has been used in English since the 16th century; however, it was not a word used by the Chinese themselves during this period in time. Its origin has been traced through [[Portuguese people\|Portuguese]], [[Malays (ethnic group)\|Malay]], and [[Persian people\|Persian]] back to the Sanskrit word ''Chīna'', used in [[ancient India]].<ref name=OED>{{cite web \|url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/31735? \|title= China \|work= Oxford English Dictionary }}{{ISBN\|0-19-957315-8}}</ref>		The word "China" has been used in English since the 16th century; however, it was not a word used by the Chinese themselves during this period in time. Its origin has been traced through [[Portuguese people\|Portuguese]], [[Malays (ethnic group)\|Malay]], and [[Persian people\|Persian]] back to the Sanskrit word ''Chīna'', used in [[ancient India]].<ref name=OED>{{cite web \|url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/31735? \|title= China \|work= Oxford English Dictionary }}{{ISBN\|0-19-957315-8}}</ref>

	"China" appears in [[Richard Eden]]'s 1555 translation{{efn\|"[...] Next vnto this, is found the great China, whose kyng is thought to bee the greatest prince in the worlde, and is named Santoa Raia".<ref>[[Richard Eden\|Eden, Richard]] (1555), ''Decades of the New World'', [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a20032.0001.001/511?page=root;size=125;vid=4616;view=text p. 230].</ref><ref>{{cite book \| title=Western Views of China and the Far East, Volume 1 \| publisher=Asian Research Service \| year=1984 \| page=34 \|first=Henry Allen \|last=Myers}}</ref>}} of the 1516 journal of the [[Portuguese empire\|Portuguese]] [[Portuguese exploration\|explorer]] [[Duarte Barbosa]].{{efn\|"[...] The Very Great Kingdom of China".<ref>{{citation \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edzW9fuOF-cC&pg=PA211\|page=211\|title=The Book of Duarte Barbosa, ''Vol. II'' \|last=Barbosa \|first=Duarte \|display-authors=0 \|editor-last=Dames \|editor-first=Mansel Longworth \|location=London \|date=1918 \|isbn=978-81-206-0451-3 }}</ref> ({{lang-pt\|...O Grande Reino da China...}}).<ref>{{citation\|first=Duarte \|last=Barbosa \|title=Livro em que dá Relação do que Viu e Ouviu no Oriente \|editor=Augusto Reis Machado \|display-editors=0 \|location=Lisbon \|date=1946 \|url=http://purl.pt/435 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20081022202824/http://purl.pt/435 \|archive-date= 22 October 2008}}. {{in lang\|pt}}</ref>}}<ref name=OED/> Barbosa's usage was derived from [[Persian language\|Persian]] ''Chīn'' ({{lang\|fa\|{{linktext\|چین}}}}), which was in turn derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''[[Chinas\|Cīna]]'' ({{lang\|sa\|{{linktext\|चीन}}}}).<ref name="AmHer">"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/China?qsrc=2888 China]". ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'' (2000). Boston and New York: Houghton-Mifflin.</ref> ''Cīna'' was first used in early [[Hindu]] scripture, including the ''[[Mahābhārata]]'' (5th century BCE) and the ''[[Manusmṛti\|Laws of Manu]]'' (2nd century BCE).<ref name=wade>Wade, Geoff. "[http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp188_yelang_china.pdf The Polity of Yelang and the Origin of the Name 'China']". ''[[Sino-Platonic Papers]]'', No. 188, May 2009, p. 20.</ref> In 1655, [[Martino Martini]] suggested that the word China is derived ultimately from the name of the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206 BCE).<ref name="Martini">Martino, Martin, ''Novus Atlas Sinensis'', Vienna 1655, Preface, p. 2.</ref~~><ref name=wade/~~> Although this derivation is still given in various sources,<ref>{{cite book \|author=Bodde, Derk \|editor=Denis Twitchett \|editor2= Michael Loewe \|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A2HKxK5N2sAC&pg=PA20\|title = The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC – AD 220 \|page = 20 \|isbn = 978-0-521-24327-8\|year=1978 }}</ref> the origin of the Sanskrit word is a matter of debate, according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref name=OED /> Alternative suggestions include the names for [[Yelang]] and the [[Chu (state)\|Jing]] or Chu state.<ref name=wade/><ref>{{cite book \|author=Yule, Henry \|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SAqgAb41ifIC&pg=PA3 \|title = Cathay and the Way Thither \|pages= 3–7 \|isbn = 978-81-206-1966-1\|year = 1866 }}</ref>		"China" appears in [[Richard Eden]]'s 1555 translation{{efn\|"[...] Next vnto this, is found the great China, whose kyng is thought to bee the greatest prince in the worlde, and is named Santoa Raia".<ref>[[Richard Eden\|Eden, Richard]] (1555), ''Decades of the New World'', [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/a20032.0001.001/511?page=root;size=125;vid=4616;view=text p. 230].</ref><ref>{{cite book \| title=Western Views of China and the Far East, Volume 1 \| publisher=Asian Research Service \| year=1984 \| page=34 \|first=Henry Allen \|last=Myers}}</ref>}} of the 1516 journal of the [[Portuguese empire\|Portuguese]] [[Portuguese exploration\|explorer]] [[Duarte Barbosa]].{{efn\|"[...] The Very Great Kingdom of China".<ref>{{citation \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=edzW9fuOF-cC&pg=PA211\|page=211\|title=The Book of Duarte Barbosa, ''Vol. II'' \|last=Barbosa \|first=Duarte \|display-authors=0 \|editor-last=Dames \|editor-first=Mansel Longworth \|location=London \|date=1918 \|isbn=978-81-206-0451-3 }}</ref> ({{lang-pt\|...O Grande Reino da China...}}).<ref>{{citation\|first=Duarte \|last=Barbosa \|title=Livro em que dá Relação do que Viu e Ouviu no Oriente \|editor=Augusto Reis Machado \|display-editors=0 \|location=Lisbon \|date=1946 \|url=http://purl.pt/435 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20081022202824/http://purl.pt/435 \|archive-date= 22 October 2008}}. {{in lang\|pt}}</ref>}}<ref name=OED/> Barbosa's usage was derived from [[Persian language\|Persian]] ''Chīn'' ({{lang\|fa\|{{linktext\|چین}}}}), which was in turn derived from [[Sanskrit]] ''[[Chinas\|Cīna]]'' ({{lang\|sa\|{{linktext\|चीन}}}}).<ref name="AmHer">"[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/China?qsrc=2888 China]". ''The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'' (2000). Boston and New York: Houghton-Mifflin.</ref> ''Cīna'' was first used in early [[Hindu]] scripture, including the ''[[Mahābhārata]]'' (5th century BCE) and the ''[[Manusmṛti\|Laws of Manu]]'' (2nd century BCE).<ref name=wade>Wade, Geoff. "[http://www.sino-platonic.org/complete/spp188_yelang_china.pdf The Polity of Yelang and the Origin of the Name 'China']". ''[[Sino-Platonic Papers]]'', No. 188, May 2009, p. 20.</ref> In 1655, [[Martino Martini]] suggested that the word China is derived ultimately from the name of the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206 BCE).<ref name=wade/><ref name="Martini">Martino, Martin, ''Novus Atlas Sinensis'', Vienna 1655, Preface, p. 2.</ref> Although this derivation is still given in various sources,<ref>{{cite book \|author=Bodde, Derk \|editor=Denis Twitchett \|editor2= Michael Loewe \|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=A2HKxK5N2sAC&pg=PA20\|title = The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC – AD 220 \|page = 20 \|isbn = 978-0-521-24327-8\|year=1978 }}</ref> the origin of the Sanskrit word is a matter of debate, according to the ''Oxford English Dictionary''.<ref name=OED /> Alternative suggestions include the names for [[Yelang]] and the [[Chu (state)\|Jing]] or Chu state.<ref name=wade/><ref>{{cite book \|author=Yule, Henry \|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=SAqgAb41ifIC&pg=PA3 \|title = Cathay and the Way Thither \|pages= 3–7 \|isbn = 978-81-206-1966-1\|year = 1866 }}</ref>

	The official name of the modern state is the "People's Republic of China" ({{zh\|s={{linktext\|中华人民共和国}}\|p={{linktext\|Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó}}\|c=\|t={{linktext\|中華人民共和國}}		The official name of the modern state is the "People's Republic of China" ({{zh\|s={{linktext\|中华人民共和国}}\|p={{linktext\|Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó}}\|c=\|t={{linktext\|中華人民共和國}}
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