It was Kang Youwei who named China China. China first appeared in the diplomatic field in the Qing Dynasty. In the twenty-eighth year of Kangxi's reign, the Qing Dynasty and Russia negotiated in Nerchinsk, and then signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk. In the treaty, the official country name used by the Qing Dynasty was China.
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The full title of the chief representative of China, Suo'etu, is the minister of demarcation between the imperial envoys of the great sage emperor of China, the minister of state affairs, and the minister of bodyguards. Although these two words have not changed after thousands of years, the meaning they represent has changed. Today, we often understand Zhonghua as synonymous with China, and the Chinese people are also Chinese people.
Qin Shihuang named Zhonghua, which actually refers to the Central Plains. Although these two words have not changed after thousands of years, the meaning they represent has changed. Today we often understand Zhonghua as It has become synonymous with China, and the sons and daughters of China are also Chinese people.
Since modern times, the treaties signed by the Qing Dynasty and various countries have all used China as the country's name. It can be seen that the term "China" has become a collective name for the entire East Asian continent. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China was established. This was the first time that China was officially named as a country.
From a scope perspective, when China developed to the Qing Dynasty, its scope already included the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty, Manchuria, Mongolia, the Western Regions, and the five major regions of Qinghai-Tibet.