China (Unitatis)

China, officially the Republic of China, is a country located in East Asia. It is the third largest country in terms of area, only behind the United States and the Soviet Union, and the second largest country in terms of population, only behind India. It shares borders with the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, India, Burma, Indochina, and Korea as well as maritime borders with Japan and the Philippines.

China was ruled by various dynasties from circa 2070 BCE until the Xinhai Revolution of 1912, when the last dynasty was overthrown and the Republic of China was established. China fought against Japan in the Second Sino-Japanese War, the largest Asian war in the 20th century, and a civil war against the Communist Party of China. China was a military dictatorship under the Kuomintang until 1986, when it became a one party state. China recently became one of the three superpowers.