Citations:China

Civilization

 * 1555, Richard Eden translating Peter Martyr as The Decades of the Newe Worlde..., folio 230 verso :
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- Next vunto this, is found the great China, whoſe kyng is thought to bee the greateſt prince in the worlde, and is named Santoa Raia.


 * 1884,, 
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 * "en"

- If he tells them to build a palace forty miles long, out of di'monds, and fill it full of chewing gum, or whatever you want, and fetch an emperor's daughter from China for you to marry, they've got to do it—and they've got to do it before sun-up next morning, too.



State

 * 1971 December 6, "A Size-up of President Nixon: Interview with Mike Mansfield, Senate Democratic Leader", in US News & World Report, p. 61:
 * 'Only a Nixon' Could Go to China
 * 2017,, speech at Make America Great Again Rally, Harrisburg, PA
 * And I met with the President of China at great length in Florida, and we had long, long talks&mdash;hours and hours and hours.

Given Name

 * 2001,, Bloodroot, Berkley Publishing Group, ISBN 9780425188149, chapter 1, :
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- My name is China Bayles. I'm the owner of Thyme and Seasons and the co-owner, with Ruby Wilcox, of a new tearoom called Thyme for Tea.


 * 2014 Neil D. A. Stewart, The Glasgow Coma Scale, Constable & Robinson, ISBN 978-1-47211-268-2, page 159:
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- 'What's her name, this girl?' The fight had hoarsened Lynne's voice, and the words came out strangely staccato - a wooden doll that had just learned to speak. 'China,' he mumbled, feeling an obscure desire to invent a pseudonym for her. 'What an interesting name.' Angus struck the table edge hard. 'Aw, don't gies it.' 'I don't know what you mean. Or is it a nickname? Fragile, is she?'