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The map, köppen climate type of China, is wrong.

Taiwan is part of China. But the map, köppen climate type of China, doesn't contain Taiwan. It's wrong. Remove the map, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.237.62.121 (talk) 06:11, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Which China? Because this is specifically about the People's Republic of China. Prinsgezinde (talk) 23:58, 29 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change "Chinese Family Panel Studies" to "China Family Panel Studies" in "References 481", and change the Link along with it. Thanks! 222.29.98.88 (talk) 09:21, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done DRAGON BOOSTER ★ 09:47, 22 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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For the infobox, can you add the status of China since 19 states do not recognize the PRC?

Recognized by 173 member states of the United Nations
Claimed by the Republic of China as "mainland China" (Constitution of the Republic of China)

-- 135.23.145.14 (talk) 16:06, 13 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: That's not needed for the infobox. — MRD2014 ^Talk 02:31, 14 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

China has long since abandoned socialism.

Ever since Deng Xiaoping, a person who was rather right on the political scale, introduced reforms in China's economy, they have been not socialist, not even close to that, but rather state capitalist. You could call it "market socialism", but that's not even close to it. It's capitalist now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Souljia 1991 (talk • contribs) 16:40, 17 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Drives on the (left)

On the right column it says China drive on the: Right

This is wrong. China drives on the: Left, only Hong Kong and Macau drives on the: Right. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Victorhuang1 (talk • contribs) 03:39, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, no. "Nationalist China adopted [right-hand traffic] in 1946. This convention was preserved when the CCP took the mainland and the KMT retreated to Taiwan. Hong Kong and Macau continue to be [left-hand traffic]." (See: Left- and right-hand traffic and List of countries with left-hand traffic.) General Ization ^Talk 03:43, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I spent two years teaching in Hangzhou. The driver sits on the left side of the car and drives on the right side of the road. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:47, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Government infobox

Shouldn't the government section of the infobox read "Socialist people's republic"? (66.215.84.193 (talk) 16:23, 3 April 2018 (UTC))[reply]

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In "Infobox country", at "government type", change "Socialist people’s republic" to "Socialist people's republic" The Professor (Time Lord) (talk) 03:30, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:23, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Please change GDP(nominal)Total $11.938 trillion to GDP(nominal)Total $13.12 trillion(82.7122 trillion Yuan) according to reference source ^[1] CVHuan999999 (talk) 18:02, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done Waddie96 (talk) 14:36, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CHINA GDP

In the United states page Wikipedia have gdp of 2018, Why in China page Wikipedia have gdp of 2017? Imf date= GDP CHINA $14.092 trillion — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.36.17.104 (talk) 06:13, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

CHINA GDP

IMF date April 2018 GDP CHINA $14.092 trillion http://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/NGDPD@WEO/OEMDC/ADVEC/WEOWORLD/CHN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.36.17.104 (talk) 06:28, 19 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've put in the new data from the latest 2018 IMF projections. Wikipedia is very inconsistent on this point. Some major countries, like France and the US, still use the 2017 numbers. But others, like Germany, Russia, and Japan, are using the 2018 numbers. It's a mess. If there's any country that deserves the most recent data, however, it's definitely China. The combination of rapid yuan-denominated growth and the falling value of the dollar relative to the yuan (in last year) mean that nominal Chinese GDP per capita is growing way faster in dollar terms than the official 7%. So it would be a good idea to track these rapid changes.UBER ^(talk) 10:54, 25 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

^ http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/PressRelease/201801/t20180118_1574943.html

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