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People's Republic of China

American  

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 1 Cultural  

  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 Cultural  

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

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The work was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, along with other funding sources.

From Science Daily

Sun worked for years as an illegal agent for the People’s Republic of China, submitting reports to high-level government officials on the work he carried out on their behalf, according to a sentencing memorandum written by federal prosecutors.

From Los Angeles Times

Sun’s co-conspirator, John Chen, was sentenced to 20 months in prison in November 2024 in a separate case for acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic of China and bribing an Internal Revenue Service agent in New York.

From Los Angeles Times

Congress member and with the People’s Republic of China’s ambassador to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times

The People's Republic of China has used giant pandas as a gesture of goodwill towards its international allies and competitors since it was founded in 1949.

From BBC

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