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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

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The Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution - campaigns led by Communist China's founder to reshape the nation's economy and society - resulted in millions of deaths.

From BBC

Yet he remains one of a small group of US statesmen cherished by Beijing for helping to bring Communist China out of isolation in the 1970s.

From BBC

Mr Cao belongs to a generation that witnessed the birth of Communist China.

From BBC

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

He also played China against the Soviet Union with secret talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, which led to the ground-breaking 1972 summit between Nixon and Communist China’s “Great Helmsman,” Mao Zedong.

From Washington Times