Wp/enm/China

China is a gret contree in E&#x17F;terne A&#x17F;ia wheryn liven aboute ̿M ̿C ̿D ̿X ̿L 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 Chineise Commvny&#x17F;te Parties gouvernaunce, siþen anno domini mdccccxlix. Þat oþer partye holdeþ Taiwan eyland, þat þe Chineise Commvny&#x17F;te Parti clepeþ Chyneis Taipey.

Chyna 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.