Empire of China
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China was an empire from the Qin Dynasty until the Qing Dynasty.
- For an overview of Imperial China, see History of China
- For the short-lived, self-proclaimed Empire of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華帝國) created by Yuan Shikai, see Empire of China (1915-1916)
- The People's Republic of China is sometimes called the Empire of China (or Chinese Empire) as a dysphemism