China (|s= |hp=|tp=Jhongguó}}; Wade-Giles (Mandarin): Chung¹kuo²) is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and an national or multinational entity in East Asia. The civilization is one of the world's oldest, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia.Chinese civilization is one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and the source of such major inventions as what the British scholar a