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

¹

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

It was here, in 2017, that Xi hosted Trump, bestowing on his guest an honour not granted to any US president since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

From BBC

Mao Zedong, the first leader of the People’s Republic of China, had likened the relationship between Beijing and Pyongyang to the closeness between “lips and teeth”: “If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold.”

From BBC

“You have very stiff and formal language to Xi Jinping on the occasion of what is actually an historically important event – the 75th anniversary of relations of the People’s Republic of China,” Mr Foster-Carter says.

From BBC

“We have seen some willingness from the People’s Republic of China to cooperate on this issue,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1991, the ROC proclaimed that the war with the People's Republic of China was over.

From BBC