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Disputing Chongqing's inclusion as a largest city

Like Baqotun003 said, most other countries' largest cities are defined by population, not area. The city proper page points out that listing cities by by surface area can cause controversy, particularly in regards to China, and one of the sources on that page mentions that even though the municipal district of Chongqing has a total population of more than 30 million inhabitants, fewer than 6 million actually live in Chongqing city proper. Depending on which classification is used, Chongqing is sometimes listed as the world's largest city and, in other cases, does not even appear in the top rung of urban population rankings. Thus, to avoid controversy, I think Beijing should be listed as the sole largest city of China. Vesperius (talk) 03:02, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to what ranking is Beijing the largest city? 172.56.165.223 (talk) 19:36, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended Confirmed Protected edit request November 21 2024

Move to "Peoples Republic of China",to distinguish from the Republic of China,I am also suggesting to move the Taiwan page to the Republic of China it is a civil war with 2 governments claiming different long form titles [1]

UnsungHistory (Questions?) (Did I mess up?) 19:40, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think you might want to look at the 2011 move discussion where this was settled. Simonm223 (talk) 19:42, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

not sure what you are talking about....what was the exact name of the discussion? UnsungHistory (Wrong Edit!) 00:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is listed at the top of the page. Also, there is an FAQ plainly at the top of the page explaining our article title policy and how it applies here. Remsense ‥ 论 01:23, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 November 2024

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"In 2010, the annual education expenditure per secondary school student in Beijing totalled ¥20,023, while in Guizhou, one of the poorest provinces, only totalled ¥3,204."

Under demographics, education

Very simple request, please add the word "it"

"[in Guizhou] it only totalled ¥3,204"

if not this then remove the word "in" such that it says

"[Guizhou] only totalled 3,204"

Thanks! 2A02:C7E:2F68:AC00:ADA3:23A6:8AB6:4E4 (talk) 01:49, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:27, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you and have a nice day 2A02:C7E:2F68:AC00:ADA3:23A6:8AB6:4E4 (talk) 02:32, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Population

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China in the mid year of 2024 is recorded to have 1,472 billion people, China’s population is still going up, China is still the most populous country, see (Live) World population clock: https://countrymeters.info/en/China

Li Xiyun (talk) 10:06, 28 November 2024 (UTC) 69.158.246.186 (talk) 11:17, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Those websites do not track "live" figures, they only tick at a steady rates derived from data that has already been collected.

Also, this page is not a discussion forum. Please limit discussion to specific suggestions for how to improve the article China. Remsense ‥ 论 11:31, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It does track China's live population database. Please correct China's population is 1,472 billion and is the most populous. Li Xiyun (talk) 12:32, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It does not. It does what I said above, like every other population tracker website on the Internet. Remsense ‥ 论 13:03, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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