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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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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

China previously embraced Trudeau in part because of his father, former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who in 1970 became one of the first Western leaders to establish diplomatic relations with Communist China.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2022

In 1950, Switzerland was one of the first western countries to recognise Communist China.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 2022

From 1948 until 1961 the Albanians looked to the Soviet Union for assistance and advice, and after 1961 Communist China became the foreign power wielding greatest influence in the country.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Elpern, Sarah Jane