China, the full name of the People's Republic of China (characters simplified 中华人民共和国) is a state located in East Asia.
With 1.4 billion inhabitants, China is the most populous country in the world, with an area of 9.6 million km² making it the fourth largest country.
China has become a new superpower thanks to its rapidly growing economy and military strength and the associated increasing influence in the world.
Since 1971, the PRC has been a permanent member of the UN Security Council with veto power when this status has been denied to the Republic of China.
The country has been led by the Communist Party of China since 1949. The People's Republic of China has already taken control of the former foreign colonies of Hong Kong and Macao. It also qualifies for the island of Taiwan and several other smaller territories, but these areas are administered by the Government of the Republic of China.
Shanghai is China's most populous city and an important economic center of the country. It is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River to the East China Sea and since 2004 has held the position of the world's largest container port. Traffic noise and heavy pollution of air and watercourses are a major problem - Shanghai is ranked 4th among the cities with the most polluted air in the world. The first mention of the place - then called Hutting (華亭) - dates from the Sung Dynasty (960), soon developed here the port, which in 1074 earned the establishment of its own tax office. Since May 27, 1949, Shanghai has been under communist rule. Although, after 1949, a number of Western firms relocated to Hong Kong, replacing Shanghai as the trading metropolis of the Far East, Shanghai's privileged economic position within China remained unshakable.
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