Wp/enm/China

China, officialy þe Peple's Republic of China, biþ a gret contree in E&#x17F;terne A&#x17F;ia wheryn liven aboute peple, þat ys more þan on ani ooþer contre. His name is on Chiney&#x17F;e "Zhongguo", þe whych menith "middel land".

Two chalangen auþoritee over al China to his riȝte gouuernement. Þouȝwhethre, þe muche del þerto is vnder þe Chineyſe Commvny&#x17F;te Parties gouvernaunce, siþen anno domini mdccccxlix. Þat oþer partye holdeþ Taiwan eyland, þat þe Chineyſe Commvny&#x17F;te Parti clepeþ Chyneis Taipey.

China biþ a wel old land þat haþ a riche i&#x17F;torie, þat recheþ ȝeen þritti hondred ȝer and mo. Kynges þer rixleden and emproures beien. Manie craftys and deuices weren on China erst ymaked, so bi&#x17F;ne papir, and emprentyng þeron, and þe lod &#x17F;toone compas of lodmanage, and gonne poudre.