Which country would you be in if you were a British or Italian citizen on this tour bus in 2022?

If you were a British or Italian citizen on this tour bus in 2022, you would be in China, located in East Asia.

It is the world’s most populous country, with a population of 1.4 billion, bordering 14 different countries and spanning five geographical time zones. The capital is Beijing but China’s largest city by population is Shanghai.

The Communist Party of China is the founding and sole governing political party of the People’s Republic of China. Founded in 1921, the official name is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Historically, the CCP grew quickly from its origin and by 1949, the Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang (KMT) had been driven from mainland China to the island of Taiwan after the Chinese Civil War, leading to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China on October 1,1949.

The Chinese constitution states that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) “is a socialist state governed by a people’s democratic dictatorship that is led by the working class and based on an alliance of workers and peasants”. In many of the world community of nations also describes China as authoritarian.

In 2018, constitutional amendments created a ‘de facto’ one-party state in China, with the CCP General Secretary or party leader, holding ultimate power and authority over state and government and serving as the informal Paramount leader. XI Jinping (born June 15, 1953) currently serves as General Secretary.