china lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• high quality porcelain originally made only in China
• dishware made of high quality porcelain
• a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
• a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
• A republic in east and central Asia, known also as the People's Republic of China. It is an ancient country, with a civilization existing as early as 3000 B.C. Until 1912 it was known as the Chinese Empire. It was one of the four Great Powers in World War II. By 1950 the Communist regime had gained control. China became a member of the United Nations in 1971. The name may be derived from the qin or Ts'in dynasty (221-206 B.C.) or the Sanskrit name cina or the central province of Shaanxi or Shensi (its capital is Shian). (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p257&Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p111)