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Section sizes Section size for China (60 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 23,905 23,905 Etymology 9,428 9,428 History 86 57,747 Prehistory 3,874 3,874 Early dynastic rule 4,197 4,197 Imperial China 17,004 17,004 Fall of the Qing dynasty 3,905 3,905 Establishment of the Republic and World War II 7,643 7,643 Civil War and the People's Republic 6,604 6,604 Reforms and contemporary history 14,434 14,434 Geography 3,013 32,321 Climate 5,892 5,892 Biodiversity 7,861 7,861 Environment 11,781 11,781 Political geography 3,774 3,774 Politics 4,467 55,055 Chinese Communist Party 3,463 3,463 Government 6,437 6,437 Administrative divisions 2,691 2,691 Foreign relations 7,913 24,757 Trade relations 13,321 13,321 Territorial disputes 3,523 3,523 Sociopolitical issues and human rights 11,610 11,610 Public views of government 1,630 1,630 Military 3,772 3,772 Economy 13,848 37,904 Wealth 9,648 9,648 China in the global economy 14,408 14,408 Science and technology 126 18,571 Historical 3,301 3,301 Modern era 9,925 15,144 Space program 5,219 5,219 Infrastructure 1,822 19,189 Telecommunications 4,797 4,797 Transport 10,552 10,552 Water supply and sanitation 2,018 2,018 Demographics 7,594 55,074 Ethnic groups 2,222 2,222 Languages 4,765 4,765 Urbanization 6,289 6,289 Education 10,519 10,519 Health 10,089 10,089 Religion 13,596 13,596 Culture and society 6,335 33,306 Tourism 1,558 1,558 Literature 5,844 5,844 Cuisine 3,087 3,087 Architecture 5,078 5,078 Music 1,052 1,052 Cinema 2,261 2,261 Fashion 710 710 Sports 7,381 7,381 See also 61 61 Notes 28 28 References 30 30 Further reading 3,615 3,615 External links 565 2,609 Government 124 124 General information 580 580 Maps 1,340 1,340 Total 352,615 352,615

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There is a penis in the image reference to this page 2800:810:596:898:A54E:F3E2:83BD:333D (talk) 03:38, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Already done looks like the vandalism has already been reverted and deleted Cannolis (talk) 03:53, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

still there 29 days later if using safari. confirmed this also on a family members phone. do you know where it is on the wiki or is it solely in the 'summarized' safari preview? 174.57.238.52 (talk) 13:19, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Considering that the Chinese regime is currently committing the largest genocide in the world since the Holocaust, it warrants an inclusion in the lead section as with Nazi Germany. At the end of the third paragraph, it should also include: In addition, genocide, mass murder, and forced labour are hallmarks of the Chinese regime, with its non-Chinese minorities being particularly affected. Since 2014, millions of Uyghurs have been interned and murdered in concentration camps in Xinjiang, known as the Uyghur genocide. 14.35.117.98 (talk) 09:58, 15 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

why? Do you see any other Wikipedia article about a country with a long list of alleged crimes it has done in the lead. Well china is not Nazi germany, this "genocide, mass murder, and forced labour are hallmarks" of the chinese regime seems incredibally biased and seems more of an opinion than a fact,how is this a hall mark for the chinese government, it makes it sound to opinionated as almost suggesting the Chinese government is a bad thing. Huaxiazidi (talk) 16:27, 19 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

there are many reliable sources claiming that the communist party of china is committing an ethnocide against ethnic uyghurs. i'd boldly assume you aren't an ethnic uyghur. whether this warrants a mention in the lead section? i wouldn't know. 2406:3003:2004:2E9E:54D8:7B05:DBE3:562A (talk) 03:45, 1 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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in the country info

Government Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist republic

would more acuratly be described as

Government Unitary Xi Jinping Thought one-party socialist republic

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since Maoism diverges significantly from Marxism-Leninism and Xi Jinping Thought diverges significantly from Maoism TheLPope (talk) 10:05, 3 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See WP:OR. Aman Kumar Goel ^(Talk) 10:44, 3 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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In this phrase:

China received 65.7 million inbound international visitors in 2019

please remove "inbound". If they were "received", they obviously weren't outbound; if they're "visitors", they're obviously not Chinese tourists returning from visits abroad; and "international visitors" makes it clear that they weren't merely received from one part of the country into another. 123.51.107.94 (talk) 02:18, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done Tollens (talk) 08:04, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]