People's Republic of China

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a country in East Asia. 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Capital: Beijing. Abbreviations: PRC, P.R.C.

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How to use People's Republic of China in a sentence

Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?
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Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.
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There was a lot of positive feedback from people interested in non-gender binary people.
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Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.
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If anything the work the two cops and the maintenance guy were doing deserves more respect and probably helped a lot more people.
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The Majesty on high has a colony and a people on earth, which otherwise is under the supremacy of the Evil One.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
The people here retained the same paganism and barbarity, only they were not so dangerous, being conquered by the Muscovites.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
All our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
“This is a distressing predicament for these young people,” thought Mr. Pickwick, as he dressed himself next morning.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
Few people, I think, realize that, and fewer still realize the reasonable consequences of that.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Cultural definitions for People's Republic of China (1 of 2)

People's Republic of China

The government of China set up in 1949 after the victory of the communist forces of Mao Zedong. The People's Republic ruled the mainland of China, forcing the government of Nationalist China (see also Nationalist China) into exile on the island of Taiwan. For years, many Western nations, especially the United States, refused to recognize the People's Republic as the government of mainland China; instead, they exchanged ambassadors only with Nationalist China. The United States recognized the People's Republic as the government of China in 1979.

Cultural definitions for People's Republic of China (2 of 2)

People's Republic of China

The official name for mainland China, which has a communist government.