Bird stamps from China.

china-mapChina is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion.

The PRC is a single-party state governed by the Communist Party of China with its seat of government in the capital city of Beijing. It exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and two mostly self-governing special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau).

The PRC also claims Taiwan—which is controlled by the Republic of China (ROC), a separate political entity—as its 23rd province, a claim controversial due to the complex political status of Taiwan and the unresolved Chinese Civil War.

Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, China is the world's second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest by total area, depending on the definition of total area. China's landscape is vast and diverse, with forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts occupying the arid north and northwest near Mongolia and Central Asia, and subtropical forests prevalent in the wetter south near Southeast Asia. The terrain of western China is rugged and elevated, with the Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separating China from South and Central Asia. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, have their sources in the Tibetan Plateau and continue to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China's coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.

The nation of China has had numerous historical incarnations. The ancient Chinese civilization—one of the world's earliest—flourished in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain.

China.coat.of.armsChina's political system was based on hereditary monarchies, known as dynasties, beginning with the semi-mythological Xia of the Yellow River basin (approx. 2000 BC) and ending with the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911.

Since 221 BC, when the Qin Dynasty first conquered several states to form a Chinese empire, the country has expanded, fractured and been reformed numerous times. The Republic of China, founded in 1911 after the overthrow of the Qing dynasty, ruled the Chinese mainland until 1949.

In 1945, the ROC acquired Taiwan from the Empire of Japan following World War II. In the 1946–1949 phase of the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party defeated the nationalist Kuomintang in mainland China and established the People's Republic of China in Beijing on 1 October 1949, while the Kuomintang relocated the ROC government to Taipei. The ROC's jurisdiction is now limited to Taiwan and several outlying islands, including Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, and it has received limited diplomatic recognition.

Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world's fastest-growing major economy.

As of 2012, it is the world's second-largest economy, after the United States, by both nominal total GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP), and is also the world's largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world's largest standing army, with the second-largest defense budget. The PRC has been a United Nations member since 1971, when it replaced the ROC as a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council. China is also a member of numerous formal and informal multilateral organizations, including the WTO, APEC, BRICS, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the BCIM and the G-20. China has been characterized as a potential superpower by a number of academics, military analysts, and public policy and economics analysts.
 

Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1897.01
  16.08.1897
  Definitives
  "IMPERIAL CHINESE POST"
1$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
2$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
    = 1$
5$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
    = 1$
1898.01
  28.01.1898
  Definitives
  "CHINESE IMPERIAL POST"
  1897.01
1$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
2$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
5$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
1902.01
  Definitives
  No wmk
  1898.01
5$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
1906.01
  Definitives
  No wmk
  1898.01
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
1$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
2$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
1912.01
  Overprint with Chinese characters on 1902.01, 1906.01
1$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
2$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
5$
    14
    Taiga Bean Goose    Anser fabalis
1949.01
  02.05.1949
  Definitives
1$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
2$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
    = 1$
5$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
    = 1$
10$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
    = 1$
1950.01
  31.08.1950
  Surcharge on 1949.01
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
50$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
100$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
100$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
200$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
200$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
400$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
400$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
400$
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
1958.01
  10.07.1958
  Postal administrations conference
4f
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
8f
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
1962.01
  10.06.1962
  Chen Chi-fo, The Sacred Crane
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
8f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
10f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
20f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
1979.01
  25.01.1979
  Golden Pheasant
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
4f
    11
    Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus
8f
    11
    Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus
45f
    11
    Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus
1980.01
  20.05.1980
  Paintings of Qi Baishi
8f
    92
    Common Kingfisher    Alcedo atthis
1980.02
  08.10.1980
  UNESCO
  3v set
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
8f
    158
    Black-naped Oriole    Oriolus chinensis
1982.01
  31.07.1982
  Fan paintings
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla Not identified Not identified Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
8f
    229
    Brambling    Fringilla montifringilla
8f
    Not identified    Not identified
70f
    229
    Japanese Grosbeak    Eophona personata
1982.02
  10.09.1982
  Birds
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Japanese Tit Parus minor Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
8f
    96
    Eurasian Hoopoe    Upupa epops
8f
    183
    Barn Swallow    Hirundo rustica
8f
    158
    Black-naped Oriole    Oriolus chinensis
20f
    177
    Japanese Tit    Parus minor
70f
    108
    Great Spotted Woodpecker    Dendrocopos major
1982.03
  10.09.1982
  Birds
Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
2y
    152
    Ashy Minivet    Pericrocotus divaricatus
    MS
and
    216
    Oriental Magpie-Robin    Copsychus saularis
and
    216
    Daurian Redstart    Phoenicurus auroreus
and
    216
    Red-flanked Bluetail    Tarsiger cyanurus
and
    76
    Lesser Cuckoo    Cuculus poliocephalus
1983.01
  18.11.1983
  Swans
Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
8f
    14
    Mute Swan    Cygnus olor
    One swan
8f
    14
    Mute Swan    Cygnus olor
    Two swans
10f
    14
    Tundra Swan    Cygnus columbianus
80f
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
1983.02
  18.11.1983
  Swans
  Booklet
  1983.01

Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mute Swan Cygnus olor Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
8f
    14
    Mute Swan    Cygnus olor
    ct, one swan
8f
    14
    Mute Swan    Cygnus olor
    cb, one swan
8f
    14
    Mute Swan    Cygnus olor
    ct, two swans
10f
    14
    Tundra Swan    Cygnus columbianus
    cb
80f
    14
    Whooper Swan    Cygnus cygnus
    cb
1984.01
  24.03.1984
  Painting by Zhou Fang
  3v set
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
10f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
70f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
    = 10f
1984.02
  24.03.1984
  Painting by Zhou Fang
  1984.01
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
2y
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
    MS
1984.03
  15.05.1984
  Japanese Crested Ibis
Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon
8f
    25
    Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon
8f
    25
    Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon
80f
    25
    Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon
1984.04
  24.09.1984
  Youth friendship festival
  3v set
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
80f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
1984.05
  01.10.1984
  35th anniversary of Peoples Republic
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
20f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
1986.01
  22.05.1986
  Great White Crane
Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus
8f
    48
    Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus
10f
    48
    Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus
70f
    48
    Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus
1986.02
  22.05.1986
  Great White Crane
Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus
2y
    48
    Siberian Crane    Grus leucogeranus
    MS
1987.01
  20.03.1987
  Birds of prey
Black Kite Milvus migrans Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
8f
    37
    Black Kite    Milvus migrans
8f
    37
    Steller's Sea Eagle    Haliaeetus pelagicus
10f
    37
    Himalayan Vulture    Gyps himalayensis
90f
    37
    Upland Buzzard    Buteo hemilasius
1989.01
  21.02.1989
  Brown Eared Pheasant
Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum
8f
    11
    Brown Eared Pheasant    Crossoptilon mantchuricum
50f
    11
    Brown Eared Pheasant    Crossoptilon mantchuricum
1989.02
  25.03.1989
  Silk painting
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
8f
    159
    Hair-crested Drongo    Dicrurus hottentottus
1989.03
  25.03.1989
  Silk painting
  1989.02
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
5y
    159
    Hair-crested Drongo    Dicrurus hottentottus
    imp
1991.01
  23.06.1991
  Antarctic treaty
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
20f
    16
    Emperor Penguin    Aptenodytes forsteri
1992.01
  20.02.1992
  Storks
Black Stork Ciconia nigra Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
20f
    24
    Black Stork    Ciconia nigra
1.60y
    24
    Oriental Stork    Ciconia boyciana
1992.02
  29.09.1992
  Diplomatic relations with Japan
  2v set
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
20f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
1994.01
  09.10.1994
  Cranes
Whooping Crane Grus americana Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
20f
    48
    Whooping Crane    Grus americana
2y
    48
    Black-necked Crane    Grus nigricollis
1995.01
  18.02.1995
  Mount Dinghu
  4v set
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
2.30y
    11
    Silver Pheasant    Lophura nycthemera
1995.02
  22.03.1995
  Owls
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo Long-eared Owl Asio otus Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
10f
    78
    Eurasian Eagle-Owl    Bubo bubo
20f
    78
    Long-eared Owl    Asio otus
50f
    78
    Snowy Owl    Bubo scandiacus
1y
    77
    Eastern Grass Owl    Tyto longimembris
1997.01
  09.05.1997
  Pheasants
Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
50f
    11
    Lady Amherst's Pheasant    Chrysolophus amherstiae
5.40y
    11
    Common Pheasant    Phasianus colchicus
1998.01
  06.06.1998
  Shennongjia Nature Reserve
  4v set
Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
50f
    11
    Temminck's Tragopan    Tragopan temminckii
2000.01
  25.02.2000
  Protected wildlife
  10v sheet
Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon Brown Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon mantchuricum Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
30f
    25
    Crested Ibis    Nipponia nippon
1y
    11
    Brown Eared Pheasant    Crossoptilon mantchuricum
2.80y
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
2001.01
  16.03.2001
  Wildlife
  10v sheet
Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
80f
    37
    Steller's Sea Eagle    Haliaeetus pelagicus
2002.01
  01.02.2002
  Chinese birds
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti Biddulph's Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
80f
    11
    Cabot's Tragopan    Tragopan caboti
1y
    162
    Biddulph's Ground Jay    Podoces biddulphi
2y
    162
    Taiwan Blue Magpie    Urocissa caerulea
2002.02
  01.04.2002
  Chinese birds
Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus Tibetan Bunting Emberiza koslowi
4.20y
    216
    Przevalski's Redstart    Phoenicurus alaschanicus
5.40y
    234
    Tibetan Bunting    Emberiza koslowi
2002.03
  15.07.2002
  Antarctic landscape
  3v set
Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea
80f
    16
    Emperor Penguin    Aptenodytes forsteri
2y
    18
    Snow Petrel    Pagodroma nivea
2002.04
  07.12.2002
  Chinese birds
  Booklet
  2002.01
Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti
80f
    11
    Cabot's Tragopan    Tragopan caboti
2004.01
  01.01.2004
  Chinese birds
Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
5y
    177
    Yellow-bellied Tit    Periparus venustulus
6y
    209
    Yunnan Nuthatch    Sitta yunnanensis
2004.02
  13.04.2004
  Peafowl
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
80f
    11
    Indian Peafowl    Pavo cristatus
    White bird
80f
    11
    Indian Peafowl    Pavo cristatus
2004.03
  13.04.2004
  Peafowl
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus
6y
    11
    Green Peafowl    Pavo muticus
    MS
2005.01
  30.07.2005
  Birds
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
80f
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
80f
    24
    Oriental Stork    Ciconia boyciana
80f
    14
    Common Shelduck    Tadorna tadorna
80f
    37
    Golden Eagle    Aquila chrysaetos
2006.01
  01.07.2006
  Qinghai - Tibet railway open to traffic
  3v set
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
80f
    48
    Black-necked Crane    Grus nigricollis
2006.02
  15.11.2006
  Birds definitives
Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps
40f
    11
    Chinese Monal    Lophophorus lhuysii
1.20y
    201
    Taiwan Yuhina    Yuhina brunneiceps
2008.01
  28.02.2008
  Birds
  Sheet

Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea Tibetan Bunting Emberiza koslowi Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Garrulax sukatschewi Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus Biddulph's Ground Jay Podoces biddulphi
1.20y
    162
    Taiwan Blue Magpie    Urocissa caerulea
1.20y
    234
    Tibetan Bunting    Emberiza koslowi
1.20y
    11
    Cabot's Tragopan    Tragopan caboti
1.20y
    199
    Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush    Garrulax sukatschewi
1.20y
    11
    Golden Pheasant    Chrysolophus pictus
1.20y
    162
    Biddulph's Ground Jay    Podoces biddulphi
2008.02
  23.09.2008
  Region stamps
  3v set
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
1.20y
    48
    Red-crowned Crane    Grus japonensis
2010.01
  13.09.2010
  Shangri-La
  4v set
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
1.20y
    48
    Black-necked Crane    Grus nigricollis
2011.01
  09.10.2011
  Greetings
Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
1.20y
    199
    Chinese Hwamei    Garrulax canorus
2011.02
  09.10.2011
  Greetings
  2v sheet
  2011.01
Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
1.20y
    199
    Chinese Hwamei    Garrulax canorus
2011.03
  21.10.2011
  Tianjin port

Mew Gull Larus canus
6y
    66
    Mew Gull    Larus canus
    MS
2012.01
  20.03.2012
  Joint issue with Israel
  2v set
Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
1.20y
    170
    Bohemian Waxwing    Bombycilla garrulus
2012.02
  27.04.2012
  Symbols
  4v set
Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis
1.20y
    48
    Black-necked Crane    Grus nigricollis
 
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