instance_of jiaozhou bay
In ___MASK69___ , a regional power is a state that has power within a geographic region . States which wield unrivalled power and influence within a region of the world possess regional hegemony . The Yellow ___MASK93___ is the name given to the northern part of the East China ___MASK93___ , which is a marginal ___MASK93___ of the Pacific Ocean . It is located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula . Its name comes from the sand particles from Gobi Desert sand storms that turn the surface of the water golden yellow . China , officially the ___MASK83___ ' s ___MASK80___ of China ( PRC ), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia . With a population of over ___MASK17___ . 381 billion , it is the world ' s most populous country . The state is governed by the Communist Party of China , and its capital is 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 ), and claims sovereignty over Taiwan . The country ' s major urban areas include Shanghai , Guangzhou , Beijing , Chongqing , Shenzhen , Tianjin and Hong Kong . China is a great power and a major regional power within Asia , and has been characterized as a potential superpower . Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special ___MASK13___ of the People ' s Republic of China , is an autonomous territory on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia . Macau lies across the delta to the west , and the Chinese ___MASK3___ of Guangdong borders the territory to the north . With a total land area of and a population of over 7 . 3 million of various nationalities , it ranks as the world ' s fourth most densely populated sovereign state or territory . Beijing ( formerly romanised as Peking ) is the ___MASK85___ of the People ' s Republic of China and the world ' s third most populous city proper . It is also one of the world ' s most populous ___MASK85___ cities . The city , located in northern China , is governed as a direct - controlled municipality under the national ___MASK100___ with 16 urban , suburban , and rural districts . Beijing Municipality is surrounded by Hebei Province with the exception of neighbouring Tianjin Municipality to the southeast ; together the three divisions form the Jingjinji metropolitan region and the national ___MASK85___ region of China . The Shandong ___MASK90___ is a ___MASK90___ in Shandong ___MASK3___ in eastern China , between the Bohai ___MASK93___ to the north and the Yellow ___MASK93___ to the south . Qingdao ( also spelled Tsingtao ) is a ___MASK21___ in eastern Shandong ___MASK3___ on the east coast of China . It is the largest ___MASK21___ in its ___MASK3___ . Administered at the sub - provincial level , Qingdao has jurisdiction over six districts and four county - level cities . Qingdao had a population of 9 , 046 , 200 with an urban population of 6 , 188 , 100 . Lying across the Shandong Peninsula and looking out to the Yellow ___MASK93___ , it borders Yantai to the northeast , Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest . " Qng " in Chinese means " cyan " or " greenish - blue ", while " do " means " island ". Shenzhen is a major ___MASK21___ in Guangdong ___MASK3___ , China . The ___MASK21___ is located immediately north of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and holds sub - provincial administrative status , with powers slightly less than a ___MASK3___ . Shanghai (": Zånhae " ), often abbreviated as Hu or Shen , is one of the ___MASK24___ direct - controlled municipalities of the ___MASK83___ ' s ___MASK80___ of China . It is the most populous city proper in the world , with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and ___MASK81___ , with the world ' s busiest container port . Located in the Yangtze River Delta in East China , Shanghai sits on the south edge of the mouth of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the Chinese coast . The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north , south and west , and is bounded to the east by the East China ___MASK93___ . Shandong ( formerly romanized as Shantung ) is a coastal ___MASK3___ of the People ' s Republic of China , and is part of the East China region . Tianjin , formerly romanized as Tientsin , is a ___MASK41___ in northern coastal Mainland China , administered by the People ' s ___MASK80___ of China and one of the ___MASK44___ national central cities of China , with a total municipal population of 15 , 469 , 500 . It is governed as one of the four direct - controlled municipalities of the PRC and is thus under direct administration of the central ___MASK100___ . Tianjin borders Hebei Province and Beijing Municipality , bounded to the east by the Bohai Gulf portion of the Yellow ___MASK93___ . Part of the Bohai Economic Rim , it is the largest coastal city in northern China . Weifang is a ___MASK92___ - level ___MASK21___ in central Shandong ___MASK3___ , People ' s Republic of China . The ___MASK21___ borders Dongying to the northwest , Zibo to the west , Linyi to the southwest , Rizhao to the south , Qingdao to the east , and looks out to the Laizhou ___MASK89___ to the north . Its population was 9 , 086 , 241 at the 2010 census , of whom 2 , 659 , 938 lived in the built - up (" or metro ") area made up of 4 urban districts (" Kuiwen , Weicheng , Hanting and Fangzi ") and Changle County largely being urbanized . East Asia is the eastern ___MASK25___ of the Asian ___MASK9___ , which can be defined in either geographical or ethno - cultural terms . Geographically and geopolitically , it includes China , Hong Kong , and Macao ; Mongolia and Taiwan ; North and South Korea ; and Japan ; it covers about , or about 28 % of the Asian ___MASK9___ , about twice the area of Europe . Macau ( literally : " ___MASK89___ Gate "), ( in Portuguese , which is still widely used in the city ) also spelled Macao ( in English ), officially the Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China , is an autonomous territory on the western side of the Pearl River Delta in East Asia . Macau is bordered by the city of Zhuhai in China to the North and the Pearl River Estuary to the East and South . Hong Kong lies about to its East across the Delta . With a population of 650 , 900 living in an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world . A ___MASK59___ is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global ___MASK76___ . Great powers characteristically possess ___MASK91___ and economic strength , as well as diplomatic and soft power influence , which may cause middle or small powers to consider the great powers ' opinions before taking actions of their own . International relations theorists have posited that ___MASK59___ status can be characterized into power capabilities , spatial aspects , and status dimensions . Chongqing , formerly transliterated as Chungking , is a major ___MASK21___ in Southwest China and one of the ___MASK44___ national central cities in China . Administratively , it is one of China ' s four direct - controlled municipalities ( the other three are Beijing , Shanghai and Tianjin ), and the only such municipality in inland China . Taiwan , officially the ___MASK80___ of China ( ROC ), is a state in East Asia . Neighbors include China ( officially the People ' s ___MASK80___ of China , abbreviated as PRC ) to the west , Japan to the northeast , and the Philippines to the south . Taiwan is the most populous state that is not a member of the United Nations , and the one with the largest ___MASK86___ . Rizhao is a ___MASK92___ - level ___MASK21___ in southeastern Shandong ___MASK3___ , China . It is situated on the coastline along the Yellow ___MASK93___ , and features a major seaport . It borders Qingdao to the northeast , Weifang to the north , Linyi to the west and southwest , and faces Korea and Japan across the Yellow ___MASK93___ to the east . The ___MASK56___ of China ( CPC ) is the founding and ruling political party of the People ' s ___MASK80___ of China ( PRC ). The CPC is the sole governing party of China , although it coexists alongside ___MASK20___ other legal parties that comprise the ___MASK66___ ; these parties , however , hold no real power or independence from the CPC . It was founded in 1921 , chiefly by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao . The party grew quickly , and by 1949 the CPC had driven the nationalist Kuomintang ( KMT ) ___MASK100___ from mainland China after the Chinese Civil War , thus leading to the establishment of the People ' s ___MASK80___ of China . The CPC is currently the world ' s second largest political party with a membership of 88 . 76 million as of 2016 ( while the Indian Bharatiya Janata Party appears to have remained the largest with a membership of 110 million as of the previous year , 2015 ). It also controls the world ' s largest armed force , the People ' s Liberation Army . A ___MASK53___ is , in ___MASK70___ , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised ___MASK100___ that has sovereignty over a geographic area . International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one ___MASK100___ , and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a ___MASK53___ is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state . Yantai , formerly known as Zhifu or Chefoo , is a ___MASK92___ - level ___MASK21___ on the Bohai Strait in northeastern Shandong ___MASK3___ , China . Lying on the southern coast of the Korea ___MASK89___ , Yantai borders Qingdao on the southwest and Weihai on the east . It is the largest fishing seaport in Shandong . Its population was 6 , 968 , 202 during the 2010 census , of whom 2 , 227 , 733 lived in the built - up area made up of the 4 urban districts of Zhifu , Muping , Fushan , and Laishan . Guangzhou , traditionally romanised as Canton , is the ___MASK85___ and largest city of the Province of Guangdong in southeastern China . Located on the Pearl River about north - northwest of Hong Kong and north of Macau , Guangzhou was a major terminus of the maritime Silk ___MASK58___ and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub . ___MASK51___ ( from the Latin " ius , " meaning " ___MASK43___ " and "" meaning " to speak ") is the practical authority granted to a legal body to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility , e . g ., Michigan ___MASK98___ ___MASK43___ . In the federations like USA , areas of jurisdiction apply to local , state , and federal levels ; e . g . the court has jurisdiction to apply federal ___MASK43___ . The Jiaozhou ___MASK89___ ( Chinese :  ; German : Kiautschou - Bucht , 36 ° 7  24 . 44 `` N 120 ° 14  44 . 3 '' E ) is a gulf located in Qingdao , China . It was a German colonial concession from 1898 until 1914 . Jiaozhou is the main town of the ___MASK89___ area , which was historically romanized as Kiaochow , Kiauchau or Kiao - Chau in English and Kiautschou in German .