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Communist China

American  

noun

Informal.
  1. People's Republic of China.


Communist China British  

noun

  1. another name for (the People's Republic of) China

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Mao founded Communist China in 1949 and led it through a tumultuous and devastating period in the 1960s and 1970s, when an attempt at rapid industrialisation triggered a famine, killing tens of millions.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

On the Taiwan Strait island of Kinmen, a tank lodged in the sand is one marker of the last battle Taiwan fought with Communist China.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

“Ever since I fled Communist China and went to the United States and became naturalized in 1962, my identity has always been American, and nothing else,” he said.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2023

In many ways, Jiang took his cue from the late Mao Zedong, the founder of Communist China.

From Reuters ● Nov. 30, 2022

Since World War II it has relied, in turn, on Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union, and Communist China for aid.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

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