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{{Infobox former country|common_name=China|official_languages=[[Standard Chinese]]|regional_languages=[[Cantonese]] </br> Hokkien </br> Hakka|capital=Namging|largest_city=Canton|legislature=National Parliament|native_name=華民國|conventional_long_name=Chinese Republic|image_flag=RTL Huaxia Flag.png|flag_width=200px|demonym=Chinese|government_type=Constitutional republic|established=1931|established_event1=Annexation of [[Qing]]|established_date1=1936}}
'''China''', officially the '''Chinese Republic''' (華民國, ''hwamingwo,'' /hwa.min.kwɔ/)'','' is a country in East Asia, bordering over eight sovereign states including [[Corea]], [[Russia]], and [[Tibet]].
==History==
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== Government and Politics ==
{{Infobox government|government_name=Chinese National Government|nativename=華民國政府|date=1931|document_type=Constitution|document=Articles of Unification|country=[[China]]|legislature=National Parliament|leader_type=Head of state|leader_title=President|main_body=General Secretariat|court_name=Court of appeal|headquarters=[[Namging]]|members_in_assembly=299|government_form=Unitary parliamentary republic|image_size=200px|court=Censorial Senate}}China is a unitary parliamentary republic consisting of
==== Legislature and judiciary ====
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* and the Censorial Senate (監察院, ''gamcayen''; shortened to 'the Censorate'), which acts the auditory branch of the Parliament. Its 12 members are called senators. They are nominated every sixteen months by senior regional government officials, approved by at least a plurality vote in the Senior Chamber, and reviewed and confirmed by the General Secretariat.
Additionally, the General Secretariat appoints a Liaison Officer 議長, an official who oversees and reports on relations between the three bodies of the National Parliament, as well as administering formal communications between the Parliament and the Secretariat. Thus, the total number of members of the Parliament
The Censorial Senate, in addition to being an auditory body, functions as the final court of appeal (i.e the supreme court) of the Republic. It is said to have been modeled on the [[Britain|British]] House of Lords in order to contain juridical power within the framework of Parliament.
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The General Secretariat 國內閣 functions as the executive college of the state, consisting of nine Secretaries heading various departments. A Chief General Secretary 大幹事 is appointed by the President in order to act as the head of the Secretariat and the head of government. In practice, the pool of nominated candidates is limited as they must be approved by the college of nine Secretaries and rubber-stamped by Parliament. Upon confirmation, the Chief General Secretary cannot be dismissed by the President and remains in their position until resignation, removal, or the end of the particular administration. The balance of power of the two executives may vary with each administration.
Additionally, the President chairs the Southern Study (南書房, ''namśufang''), an advisory body first established by the [[Kanggwo Emperor]] in
==Demographics==
China is the most populous country in the world, with most its population being concentrated in coastal provinces and the Central Plains. The vast majority of the population are of Hwa Chinese ethnicity
==== Ethnicity ====
The Hwa, also commonly referred to as the Han 漢 or the Tang 唐, are the predominant ethnic group of China, comprising an estimated 95% of the Chinese population. They are considered the descendants of the Hwasia tribes 華夏 of the Yellow River Valley, contrasted with the 'barbaric' peoples surrounding them. Much of the Republic's ideology is built upon Hwa ethnocentrism and remains influential upon its citizens as well as the Hwa diaspora in the Americas, southeastern Asia, and other parts of the world.
Besides the Hwa, other notable ethnic communities are mostly concentrated in the southwest provinces, the coastal regions, and in metropolitan areas. These include the
==See also==
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