CHINA
a People's Republic of China (in simplified Chinese: 中华人民共和国 and in pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó), or simply China (in simplified Chinese: 中国 and in pinyin: Zhōngguó), is a sovereign State located in East Asia. It is the most populous country in the world, with more than 1300 million inhabitants, and the world's leading economic power by GDP, in terms of purchasing power parity.8 16 17 The People's Republic of China is a one-party state governed by the Communist Party and has the seat f its government in the capital, Beijing.18 It is divided into twenty-two provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities under central jurisdiction -Pekin, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing- and two special administrative regions -Hong Kong and Macao-.19 Likewise, China claims what it considers the province of Taiwan