China is an East Asian country. It is the largest country in the world in terms of population, and the third-largest by area.
Quotes about China[]
1880s[]
- "The Chinese Government is well informed on everything that goes on in the outer world; they are not the Chinese of fifty years ago. Like their neighbours in Japan, they are now embraced within the number of civilized nations, in every way civilized — I mean in modern ideas, as they have an ancient civilization of their own. But they have the same commercial ideas as the European nations and the nations of North America."
- Sir John A. Macdonald, first Prime Minister of Canada, countering calls for the complete closure of the border to Chinese immigration, 2 April 1884[1]
References[]
- ↑ House of Commons Debates, 5th Parliament, 2nd Session : Vol. 2 - Page 1287 - Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources - Retrieved 15 June 2021