Chinas

The Chinas or Chīnaḥ (Sanskrit चीन:) are a people mentioned in ancient Indian literature from the first millennium BC, such as the Mahabharata, Laws of Manu, as well the Puranic literature. They are believed to be Tibetan/Burmese rather than Chinese as described in Mahabharata.

Etymology

The name Cina is commonly believed to have been derived from the Qin (Tsin or Chin in older transliterations) dynasty which ruled in China from 221 BC, or the preceding state of Qin which existed since the 9th century BC. The Greco-Romans referred to China as Sina, or Sinae.

There are however a number of other suggestions for the origin of the word. Some Chinese and Indian scholars argued for the state of Jing (荆) as the likely origin of the name. Another theory by Geoff Wade is based on a polity known as Yelang, in what is now China's Guizhou province. The inhabitants of this region referred to themselves as zina.

Mahabharata

The Sanskrit epic work Mahabharata written between the 8th and 9th centuries BC contains certain references to China, referring to its people as the Chinas tribe.

Two Chinas

The term Two Chinas (simplified Chinese: 两个中国; traditional Chinese: 兩個中國; pinyin: liǎng gè Zhōngguó/liǎng ge Zhōngguó) refers to the current situation where two political entities each name themselves "China":

  • China People's Republic of China (PRC), commonly known as "China", established in 1949, controlling mainland China and two special administrative regions, Hong Kong and Macau.
  • Taiwan Republic of China (ROC) which controlled mainland China from its establishment in 1911/1912 to 1949. Since the end of 1949 when it lost control of mainland China in the Chinese Civil War, the ROC controls only Taiwan and some nearby island groups, and is now commonly known as "Taiwan".
  • Background

    In 1912, the Xuantong Emperor abdicated as a result of the Xinhai Revolution, and the Republic of China was established in Nanjing by revolutionaries under Sun Yat-sen. At the same time, the Beiyang Government, led by Yuan Shikai, a former Qing Dynasty General, existed in Beijing, whose legitimacy was challenged by the Nanjing government under the Kuomintang, or the Chinese Nationalist Party.

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