Q1: Why is this article about the People's Republic of China?
A1: "China" is overwhelmingly used to refer to the People's
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Q2: Why is the Chinese government not described as "authoritarian" (or by similar terms) in the infobox?
A2: A community consensus was reached which overwhelmingly opposed the inclusion of the term "authoritarian" and similar terms in the infobox (see archived discussion). However, this question may be revisited in the future.
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that China, with over 34,687 species of animals and vascular plants, is the third-most biodiverse country in the world?
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The article states that China has 57 UNESCO world heritage sites, at the end of the 4th paragraph. In reality, this number should be 59. This is confirmed by the official UNESCO website. I would change it, but I don't have the right permissions to edit the article. ExtragalacticXG (talk) 08:04, 14 August 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Please would you consider removing the term 'committed suicide' and replacing with 'died by suicide' or 'took his own life'? In the section 'History' under 'Ming'.
1) "Died by suicide" implies that suicide is something done to someone instead of something done by them, 2) you can't take your own life, as you already have it. You can only take the life of another. --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 20:43, 13 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
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Like Baqotun003 said, most other countries' largest cities are defined by population, not area. The city proper page points out that listing cities by by surface area can cause controversy, particularly in regards to China, and one of the sources on that page mentions that even though the municipal district of Chongqing has a total population of more than 30 million inhabitants, fewer than 6 million actually live in Chongqing city proper. Depending on which classification is used, Chongqing is sometimes listed as the world's largest city and, in other cases, does not even appear in the top rung of urban population rankings. Thus, to avoid controversy, I think Beijing should be listed as the sole largest city of China. Vesperius (talk) 03:02, 16 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
level-3 vital article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Done. Professor Penguino (talk) 07:49, 15 August 2024 (UTC)