| − | '''China''' is the world's second largest country by population,<ref>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/video/governance/india-surpasses-china-to-become-most-populous-country-in-the-world-87257#:~:text=According%20to%20projections%20by%20the,now%20stands%20at%201.41%20billion.</ref> currently a totalitarian [[communist]] [[one-party state]].<ref>Gallagher, Mike (November 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/469429-seeking-truth-from-facts-on-china Seeking truth from facts on China]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.</ref> With thousands of years of continuous traditions, in three decades under the [[free trade]] policies of [[the West]] and access to foreign markets China has dramatically changed into a world power and is one of the world's top economies, second only to the [[United States]]. | + | '''China''' is a [[civilizational state]] and the world's second largest country by population,<ref>https://www.downtoearth.org.in/video/governance/india-surpasses-china-to-become-most-populous-country-in-the-world-87257#:~:text=According%20to%20projections%20by%20the,now%20stands%20at%201.41%20billion.</ref> currently a totalitarian [[communist]] [[one-party state]].<ref>Gallagher, Mike (November 7, 2019). [https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/469429-seeking-truth-from-facts-on-china Seeking truth from facts on China]. ''The Hill''. Retrieved November 7, 2019.</ref> With thousands of years of continuous traditions, in three decades under the [[free trade]] policies of [[the West]] and access to foreign markets China has dramatically changed into a world power and is one of the world's top economies, second only to the [[United States]]. |