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china

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for china.

Editorial note

So what are the relative safety rates of textile workers in China vs energy workers in the US?

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Quick take

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of china gathered in one view.

noun

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.

noun

Synonym of mainland China.

noun

China in One China, asserting that there is only one de jure Chinese nation

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for china.

Example sentences

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So what are the relative safety rates of textile workers in China vs energy workers in the US?

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Or perhaps he'd find out that China and India are indeed better places to invest, and consider working there instead.

3

This is like China wanting to extend the great firewall to the rest of the world.

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He sounds personally upset that the bigger VCs preferred China and India to Mexico.

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The FUD and comparaison with China still bother me, but in the end they are right cause yeah indexing engine should be agnostic...

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That said, Russia and China have been able to do so quite well.

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France is free to set up their own version of the Great Firewall of China if they want to block Google.com within their borders.

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This does assume that the custom made clothes are being slow shipped from China on a cargo boat instead of being shipped via air.

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Globally, we impose carbon caps on developed nations and let China do whatever it wants.

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At the time the Nationalists in Taiwan was still recognized as the legitimate government of China on the world stage, so Mao wanted some vocal support.

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I get my clothing custom made in China for prices you would not believe and have new ones regularly shipped to me.

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Shipping one-use clothes from China seems dubious, for example.

Quote examples

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In China, land of the "who cares about the EPA" coal-laden environmental almost-slave-labor disaster?

Proper noun examples

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Not sure about China, but in Bangladesh where most clothes are made, it is dire.

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It's possible that it gets shipped back to China, washed, and resold to him.

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China is far below our current environmental standards, so raising the standard isn't something 'environmental', it's more like self preserving pragmatism in the short run.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use china in a sentence?

So what are the relative safety rates of textile workers in China vs energy workers in the US?

What does china mean?

A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.

What part of speech is china?

china is commonly used as noun.