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{{Infobox country
| englishname = People's Republic of China
| shortname = PRC
| nativename = 中华人民共和国
| mapfile = CHN orthographic.svg
| flagfile = Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
| emblemfile = National Emblem of the People's Republic of China (2).svg
}}
The '''People's Republic of China'''{{Efn|Chinese: 中华人民共和国; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó}} ('''PRC'''), commonly known as '''China''',{{Efn|Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó}} is a country in [[Asia|East Asia]]. It is one of the world's largest countries in terms of geographical size, population, and economic power. It is ruled largely by the [[Communist Party of China]].

China, while formally proclaiming itself a [[socialist state]] since its modern inception in 1949 under [[Mao Zedong]], has been the subject of criticism from most of the [[Leftism|left]]. Many [[Socialism|socialists]] view China as a [[Capitalism|capitalist]] countries disguised as socialist, with some [[Marxism|Marxists]] arguing that it represents a [[Social-imperialism|social-imperialist]] power in its own right competing with the [[West]] in an inter-imperialist rivalry.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/china-a-modern-social-imperialist-power-1/page/n1/mode/2up ''China: A Modern Social-Imperialist Power''] (2017). Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). Available on the Internet Archive.</ref> 

==See also==
* [[Communist Party of China]]
* [[History of China]]

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