A marginal sea east of China, south of the Korean Peninsula, west of the Ryukyu Islands, and north of Taiwan.

An ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols.

Official name of the country popularly known as China, as opposed to the Republic of China (Taiwan).

(idiomatic, hyperbolic) Something very valuable or priceless.

the Yellow Sea

A census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States.

A large alluvial plain of northern China, bordered to the north by the Yanshan Mountains, to the west by the Taihang Mountains and Funiu Mountains, to the southwest by the Dabie Mountains and Tongbai Mountains, and to the east by the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, and merging with the Jianghuai Plains to the south.

A plain located in Northeast China lying between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changbai mountains.

(idiomatic) the ability of a politician with an unassailable reputation among his or her supporters for representing and defending their values to take actions that would draw their criticism and even opposition if taken by someone without those credentials.

plural of Cochin China