People's Republic of China

noun

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

People's Republic of China

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1. 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.

People's Republic of China

²

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

Example Sentences

“They are going to be back here in the Western Hemisphere. And we are going to be much more focused on drug cartels than we are on the PRC,” he added, referring to the country by its formal name, the People’s Republic of China.

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The military might of the People's Republic of China was on full display in a parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two on Wednesday.

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"By trading military secrets to the People's Republic of China for cash, he jeopardised not only the lives of his fellow sailors but also the security of the entire nation and our allies."

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When organisations caught on the following Monday, many scrambled to ban workers from using the app as worries set in about whether user data was potentially being shared with the People's Republic of China, where DeepSeek is based.

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DeepSeek did not respond to the BBC's request for comment but the company's privacy policy states that its servers are located in the People's Republic of China.

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