It has control over mainland of China and has largely self- governing territories of the Hong Kong since year 1997 and Macau since 1999, while Republic of China is known as Taiwan or Nationalist China and has control over island of Taiwan, Kinmen, Mastsu and Pescadores. China is the country where world's oldest people live and continuous their civilizations that is consisting of cultures and states dating back to more than 6 millennia.
China has World's largest continuously used in system of written language, it is source of many inventions, best example is British scholar and the biochemist Joseph N. called "four great inventions of China Ancient" compass, paper, printing and the gunpowder. Culture of China is historically sphere and has extended across the East Asia. And whole having Chinese religion, Writing system and custom being adapted to varying the degrees such as Korea, Japan, and Vietnam.
First evidence of the human presence in region was found at Zhoukoudian cave, which is one of first known presence in Homo erectus, it is now commonly known as Vietnam, Korea and Japan. First recorded use of word "China" is dated as 1555, and it is also derived from the Chin, Persian name for the China popularized in the Europe by Polo Morocco. China returns for the porcelain that was spelled differently than name of country, in early usage, two words being derived from the separate words of Persian. These words are derived from Sanskrit word for the China. That word was first recorded in 5 th century BC where it refers to barbarian tribe from north.
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