Zhonghua

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Zhōnghuá, Chung¹-hua² or Chunghwa (simplified Chinese: 中华; traditional Chinese: 中華) is a term that indicates a relation to, or descent from "China" or "Chinese civilisation", in a cultural, ethnic, or literary sense, derived from the historical concept of Huaxia. It is used in the following terms:

People's Republic of China

  • Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó, the Chinese name for the People's Republic of China
  • Zhonghua (car), cars produced by Brilliance China Auto
  • Chunghwa (cigarette), premium brand of cigarettes
  • Chung Hwa Pencil, a famous pencil brand owned by Lao Feng Xiang
  • Chung-hwa, toothpaste brand owned by Unilever

Subdistricts

  • Zhonghua Subdistrict, Xiamen, in Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian

Republic of China

  • Zhōnghuá Mínguó or Chunghwa Minkuo, the Republic of China in Chinese
  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • Chunghwa Post, the official postal service of Taiwan
  • Chung Hua University, a private university in Xiangshan District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
  • Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, a Taiwan-based international policy think tank
  • Chunghwa Postal Museum, a museum located in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Chinese Taipei, the formal name used by Taiwan for diplomatic purposes, standardised in Taiwanese Mandarin as "Chunghwa Taipei".
  • Zhōnghuá Hángkōng, China Airlines in Chinese

Other uses

  • Huaxia, a name representing the Chinese civilisation
  • Zhonghua minzu, literally the Chinese nation
  • Little China (ideology), or "Xiao Zhonghua", conception of the political and cultural realm of China in the Sinosphere
  • A school in Singapore. See primary schools in Singapore.
  • Chong Hua Hospital, a hospital in Cebu City, Philippines
  • Zamboanga Chong Hua High School, a school in Zamboanga City, Philippines
  • Davao Chong Hua High School, a school in Davao City, Philippines
  • Lanao Chung Hua School, a school in Iligan City, Philippines
  • China Motor Bus, a real estate developer and former public bus service operator in Hong Kong
  • CLP Power, a multinational power company based in Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong and China Gas, supplier of towngas in Hong Kong and numerous other markets

See also

Topics referred to by the same term
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