China
People’s Republic of China
Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
China
Flag of China
red with a large yellow five-pointed star and four smaller yellow five-pointed stars (arranged in a vertical arc toward the middle of the flag) in the upper hoist-side corner; the color red represents revolution, while the stars symbolize the four social classes – the working class, the peasantry, the urban petty bourgeoisie, and the national bourgeoisie (capitalists) – united under the Communist Party of China
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Population:
1,413,142,846 (2023 est.)
1,397,897,720 (2021)
1,394,015,977 (2020)
1,379,302,771 (2017)
Capital: Beijing
Internet country code: .cn
Government:
Official website: gov.cn
China National Tourist Office: cnto.org
People’s Republic of China / 中华人民共和国 / Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the communists under MAO Zedong established an autocratic socialist system that, while ensuring China’s sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, MAO’s successor DENG Xiaoping and other leaders focused on market-oriented economic development and by 2000 output had quadrupled. For much of the population, living standards have improved dramatically and the room for personal choice has expanded, yet political controls remain tight. Since the early 1990s, China has increased its global outreach and participation in international organizations.
In China, 1980 marked a generational turning point
The year 1980 in China is well known as the beginning of the country’s one-child policy. But what may be overlooked is how that year also marked a turning point in China’s generational experiences: Roughly half (47%) of China’s current population were born under the policy (ages 0 to 34 today), and they lived through a very different China than the half who were born before.
> pewresearch.org/in-china-1980-marked-a-generational-turning-point