Talk:China

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How should China's government be described?

Should its government be described as 'Unitary one-party socialist republic' or 'Unitary one-party socialist republic under an authoritarian dictatorship' ? RllyD1D2M3 (talk) 15:08, 5 January 2020 (UTC) Unitary one-party socialist republic under an authoritarian dictatorship Wandavianempire (talk) 15:03, 10 February 2020 (UTC)

I'd go with just "Red China" that way there is a differentiation between free China aka: Taiwan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.115.10.30 (talk) 17:21, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

It is a socially responsible one-party republic. It is not very socialist, or communist for that matter, considering how the party encourages the creation of private enterprises and allows previously unknown people to become (very!) rich. It is also not a dictatorship despite the "president" being in there for life. The communist party has around 8 million members (from memory) and regions have a fair amount of autonomy. It is simplistic and misleading calling China socialist, communistic, or a dictatorship. It is a socially responsible one-party republic. Socially responsible in the same sense Democracies in Europe see it with universal healthcare, shelters and food for the poorest and an expectation for all to contribute to the society - or pay for themselves. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frank N Fahrendorf (talk • contribs) 06:25, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

It should be described as 'Unitary one party socialist republic authoritarian communist dictatorship' Kushal2024 (talk) 12:25, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

It would depend on which period you are talking about. 2A00:23C5:C102:9E00:B92F:1AD2:BD6B:EBE4 (talk) 01:55, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Differentiation between de iure and de facto form of government

181.179.34.64 (talk) 08:12, 1 April 2020 (UTC) It's true the state structure envisioned in the P.R.C. Fundamental Law is followed, however, the top posts are help by top-ranking party officials that act according to Politburo decisions and orders. China is not an autocracy, it's an oligarchy. No need to alter the current political regime, current one is fully oligarchic. Please edit the article.

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third or fourth largest ]] country by area. 'to' Stranger Things El (talk) 14:04, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done. It's not clear what changes you want to make. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 14:49, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

How is talking about China's atrocities considered neutral

I have been surfing some pages regarding political oppression carried out by China but have so far seen only people blocked or edits reversed due to violating neutrality (take 8964 as an example, the scene was clearly a massacre as many were killed, but such mentions were deleted), so how would describing atrocities commited by the CCP considered neutral? Genuine question not troll — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.239.120.108 (talk) 17:27, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

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National motto

The infobox currently lists Serve the People (为人民服务) as the PRC's motto, but I wasn't able to find any sources to suggest that this motto (though it appears on Xinhuamen and in older Maoist literature) has official recognition as such. Indeed, my understanding is that its use has significantly decreased since the end of the Cultural Revolution. I was wondering if anyone had any sources to support its inclusion in this article. Rfwang4 (talk) 01:13, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, the article itself says it's unofficial and that it's "less often used in China today". I tried to remove, but was reverted for no reason. Brandmeister^talk 07:29, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Criticism of China?

Gathering opinions on the proposed section. The criticism of the US Gov't has several pages, but only one section for country with the highest population. Apart from this one critical portion, the entirety of the article gives a glowing review, almost like an advertisement. What think ye? IDeagle94 (talk) 02:21, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

You're talking about the China article? A seperate "criticism" section in this article is not necessary, this article is not meant to persuade people as to whether or not China/the Chinese government is good or bad. LittleCuteSuit (talk) 19:34, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

• Articles and sections devoted to criticism are not preferred. WP:CRITS I'd rather make the argument the Criticism of the United States government article should be merged into the History of the United States article. The US criticism article has multiple issue tags and does not read well as a single subject. Just because the US criticism article slipped past Wikipedia's best practices doesn't mean we should do the same for China. Waters.Justin (talk) 13:48, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes , we prefer a page on the criticism of Communist China as China have violated international law, human rights law also threaten other countries sovereignty. Kushal2024 (talk) 12:27, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

And which major country (and even lesser country) has not been accused of at least one item of your diatribe? For example india violates human rights all the time through its caste system, and its failure to feed its population. The USA beats and kills its Black citizens. The USA also threatens the sovereignty of many other countries, including China. india physically threatens the sovereignty of several countries. 2A00:23C5:C102:9E00:B92F:1AD2:BD6B:EBE4 (talk) 02:10, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

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The name in chinese means "middle country" sometimes interpreted more historically as "middle kingdom" not "middle" per reference 15. I think this is just a basic typo type error. You can find the interpretation in any chinese->english dictionary, such as https://chinese.yabla.com/chinese-english-pinyin-dictionary.php?define=guo. 108.51.103.157 (talk) 23:34, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The current information in the article is cited to academic books on the matter. An online dictionary is not appropriate to challenge this information. Also, please establish consensus for this change before asking again. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 03:59, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Intentionally misleading information in demographics section

The demographics section of the China Wikipedia page includes the statement “China's rapid growth has pulled hundreds of millions—800 million, to be more precise—of its people out of poverty since 1978. By 2013, less than 2% of the Chinese population lived below the international poverty line of US$1.9 per day, down from 88% in 1981. China's own standards for poverty are higher and still the country is on its way to eradicate national poverty completely by 2019.” This statement cites misleading reports from the Chinese government itself and directly lies about China having higher standards for poverty, when the poverty line set by the Chinese government is actually much lower than the line set elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1012:b103:ed5e:e521:312e:9f4f:bacf (talk) 31 May 2020 (UTC)

COVID-19

Should the recent coronavirus outbreak and its consequences on the Chinese population, economy, and political standing be mentioned in this article. SamsonKriger (talk) 19:21, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

It should NOT be mentioned. How is an illness descriptive of a country's political and economical evolution relevant? The line currently in the article is just to satisfy the US stance on COVID-19 as "The China virus". Also there are indications that this sickness goes back further than December both in France and the US. Please remove the line. It only "appears" factually correct, but is Sinophobic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frank N Fahrendorf (talk • contribs) 06:12, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

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Questionable sources

Considering the political bias from western media towards China, a large amount of sources could have questionable credibility.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Windwillow (talk • contribs) 19:27, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Criticism in the lead

Now I understand that Wikipedia has a pro-US bias, but isn't it a bit ridiculous that criticisms of China, Russia, Iran, etc are included in their lead sections while this is not the case with say the US or the UK's wikipedia page?

Should criticisms be removed out of the China, Russia, Iran, etc headers or should they be allowed on the lead section of all other countries as well? Which would be more encyclopedic? Otherwise I think criticisms should only be added in sections below, and not in the lead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HadesTheEldest (talk • contribs) 06:50, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

The name Zhongguo is also translated as "Middle Kingdom" in English.

This should be "The name Zhongguo is also mistakenly/ wrongly translated as "Middle Kingdom" in English. The original translator probably did not know enough English or Chinese. The correct translation of Zhongguo is "Central State". Originally it was in the plural and referred to the "Central States". 2A00:23C5:C102:9E00:B92F:1AD2:BD6B:EBE4 (talk) 02:02, 30 June 2020 (UTC)