How do you use China in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like crockery or island, plus the exact meaning.
China in a sentence
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China meaning
- A cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.
- A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.
- Synonym of mainland China.
Synonyms of China
Using China
- The main meaning on this page is: A cultural region and civilization in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers, taken as a whole under its various dynasties. | A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949. | Synonym of mainland China.
- Useful related words include: mainland china, crockery, chinaware, island.
- In the example corpus, china often appears in combinations such as: of china, south china, china sea.
Context around China
- Average sentence length in these examples: 34.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for China
- In this selection, "china" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 34.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, south, mainland, access, sea, didn and principle stand out and add context to how "china" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the south china sea, the one china principle and, china sea, south china and beijing china. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "china" sits close to words such as name, current and lead, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with china
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) governs mainland China, whereas the Republic of China (ROC) administers Taiwan and several smaller islands. (22 words)
The embassy said Austin “smeared China” on the issue of the South China Sea to advance its “anti-China political agenda” during his visit. (24 words)
U.S. State Department’s statement on the election in China’s Taiwan region seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China-U. (25 words)
As the Democrats are blaming Trump for the virus, Trump blames China as that aligns the Democrats with the “enemy” China and is a way of showing that the Democrats are covering up for “Communist China” by shifting the blame to the president of the US. (46 words)
The number of return flights among the three airlines that connect Auckland to mainland China - China Southern, China Eastern and Air New Zealand - will increase from 11 a week to 19 at the end of March, with another three services added in early May. (44 words)
China didn't "nationalize" the disputed Islands, as Japan did o Senkakus; China didn't separate Okinawa, as Japan did to Taiwan; China didn't recognize all disputed Islands Japan have with other nations as other nations territories, as Japan did to China. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
But the U.S. and China are fighting over much broader issues, like China’s requirements that American companies share advanced technology to access China’s market, and the overall U.S. trade deficit with China.
China didn't "nationalize" the disputed Islands, as Japan did o Senkakus; China didn't separate Okinawa, as Japan did to Taiwan; China didn't recognize all disputed Islands Japan have with other nations as other nations territories, as Japan did to China.
The four major banks—Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and China Construction Bank—all carried bad debts totaling more than one-thirds of their capital fund.
After the People's Republic of China was founded, the Republic of China continued to represent China in the UPU, until the organization decided on April 13, 1972 to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative.
Oil shale serves for oil production in Estonia, Brazil, and China; for power generation in Estonia, China, and Germany; for cement production in Estonia, Germany, and China; and for use in chemical industries in China, Estonia, and Russia.
The Philippines and Vietnam are also monitoring China's expansion into the South China Sea making sure that China is no threat to either Philippine or Vietnamese islands in the South China Sea.
China’s territorial claims in the East China and South China seas over islands have rattled Beijing’s smaller neighbours in Southeast Asia as well as Japan.
If you are afraid, you should be, but not of China, as John Pilger points out in his captivating film The Coming War On China, an investigation into the lack of threat from China.
The embassy said Austin “smeared China” on the issue of the South China Sea to advance its “anti-China political agenda” during his visit.
The number of return flights among the three airlines that connect Auckland to mainland China - China Southern, China Eastern and Air New Zealand - will increase from 11 a week to 19 at the end of March, with another three services added in early May.
The statement must have seemed ironic to many of China’s neighbors, particularly those whose waters have been encroached by China’s “nine-dash line” maritime claim in the South China Sea.
This message, along with previous statements from China's top diplomat in Australia, signaled a new tone in China's policy towards Australia and created a favorable condition for the Albanese government's future efforts to repair relations with China.
We mention all this because, these days, what China wants, China gets — from man-made islands in the South China Sea to of Teddy Roosevelt’s Panama Canal.
Back in 2020, China and the EU agreed on an investment treaty that would have given EU companies in China more market access, but the European Parliament refused to ratify it after China sanctioned several lawmakers.
China's Defence Minister Admiral Dong Jun is scheduled to address the annual Dialogue on Sunday and is expected to respond to China-related issues on the South China Sea.
In response, China’s foreign ministry characterized Washington’s message as a violation of the One China principle and said the basic fact that Taiwan is part of China will never change.
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) governs mainland China, whereas the Republic of China (ROC) administers Taiwan and several smaller islands.
U.S. State Department’s statement on the election in China’s Taiwan region seriously violates the one-China principle and the three China-U.
As the Democrats are blaming Trump for the virus, Trump blames China as that aligns the Democrats with the “enemy” China and is a way of showing that the Democrats are covering up for “Communist China” by shifting the blame to the president of the US.
China and the European Union could be one step closer to sealing a massive investment deal that could give China access to the EU's renewable energy market and grant European companies greater access to China's manufacturing sector.
Phrases with china
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with china
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of china 61×
- south china 35×
- china sea 35×
- in china 33×
- china and 32×
- and china 22×
- with china 13×
- to china 13×
- china is 13×
- china to 13×