What do you mean by prior name? There has only been one name of China! It is the People's Republic of China. Another spelling(it still means People's Republic of China) for it is Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo.
By occupying Manchuria, Korea and parts of China.
The name Wu comes from the descendants of the Chinese Wu Kingdom prior to the 5th Century BC, it is known that 4000 men and 4000 women were sent to Japan by Wu Taibo because of the similarity of the lifestyles between China and Japan.
China, as it is now known, gets it's name from several different places. The sound, comes from the ancient Qin, or "Chin" kingdom of western china. Cin, a Persian name, from Marco Polo's time, is most likely the root of the English word "China".
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The name China is derived from the Qin dynasty (221-206 B.C.E.) which was named after it's founder, Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi.The Chinese name for China Zhongguo means Middle Kingdom and was used because the ancient Chinese thought that China was the center of all civilization.
Prior to the introduction of Buddhism, the most prominent religion of China was Taoism.
Prior to the introduction of Buddhism, the most prominent religion of China was Taoism.
Maddy Prior's birth name is Madeleine E. Prior.
Peggy Prior's birth name is Margaret Coghlan Prior.
The soybean's origins were in the eastern parts of North China, sometime prior to 1,100 BC.
Japan.
Cochin-China (south), Annam (central), Tonkin (north)
Lourelei Prior's birth name is Lourelei Marie Depew.
Protectionism and taking China's side
China. Japan invaded China in 1937.
The official name of China is the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Yuan is the name of china's currency