| United Chinese Confederacy 中国美国南部邦联
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 Flag | |
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Motto: 和平与团结与繁荣 (Peace with Unity and Properity) | |
 Location of the Chinese Confederacy | |
| Capital | Beijing |
| Largest city | Shanghai |
| Government | Federal constitutional presidential republic |
• President |
Xi Jinping |
• Vice President |
Li Yuanchao |
• Speaker of the Chambers |
Li Keqiang |
| Establishment | |
• Chinese Civil War ended |
July, 30, 1950 |
• Republic of China established |
August 1, 1950 |
• United Chinese Confederacy founded |
May 9, 1974 |
| Area | |
• Total |
10,234,238 km2 (3,951,461 sq mi) (2) |
| Population | |
• 2014 estimate |
1,515,893,758 (1) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2009 estimate |
• Total |
$18.994 trillion (1) |
• Per capita |
$19,181 (37) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2010 estimate |
• Total |
$19.418 trillion (1) |
• Per capita |
$20,085 (37) |
| Gini |
.571 low |
| HDI (2009) |
0.960 very high · 10 |
| Currency | Chinese Yuan (CHY) |
| Time zone | Beijing Standard Time (UTC+6 to +8) |
| Daylight savings is not observed in China | |
| Calling code | 66 |
| Internet TLD | .ucc .ch .cn |
United Chinese Confederacy (ch: 中国美国南部邦联; pinyin: Zhōngguó měiguó nánbù bānglián) or simply known as Chinese Confederacy or China, is a sovereign nation located in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country by 1.51 billion people. China is a federal republic, established by unified North Korea, Nepal, Bhutan and Vietnam, with its capital and the center of the Central Government in Beijing.
China's landscape is vast and diverse, ranging from forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts in the arid north to subtropical forests in the wetter south. The Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separate China from South and Central Asia. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, run from the Tibetan Plateau to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long, and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.
The history of China goes back to the ancient civilization – one of the world's earliest – that flourished in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. For millennia, China's political system was based on hereditary monarchies, known as dynasties, beginning with the semi-mythological Xia of the Yellow River basin (c. 2000 BCE). Since 221 BCE, when the Qin Dynasty first conquered several states to form a Chinese empire, the country has expanded, fractured and been reformed numerous times. The Republic of China (ROC) then overthrown the monarchy and established the government in Beijing. And continuously fought with the Communists until Japanese Empire invaded major cities of China. This made a temporally hold-on civil war to fight with the Japanese.
After the defeat of Japan, Nationalist Government of China grew increasingly in forces and economics. Making the Communists who fought against the government began to collapse. After days and days on, China managed to brought four neighboring nation unified in the newly-created United Chinese Confederacy.
Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become one of the world's fastest-growing major economies. As of 2013, it is the world's second-largest economy by both nominal total GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP), and is also the world's largest exporter and importer of goods. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army, with the second-largest defense budget. The UCC has been a United Nations member since 1971. China is also a member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations, including the WTO, APEC, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the BCIM and the G-20. China is the largest regional power within Asia and has been characterized as a potential superpower by a number of commentators.