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live in China vs live in the China

The correct phrase is "live in China." The use of the definite article "the" before "China" is incorrect in this context. When referring to a country as a whole, we do not use the definite article.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 628 views

live in China

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the act of residing or staying in the country of China.

Examples:

  • I currently live in China.
  • She wants to live in China for a year.
  • Many expats choose to live in China for work opportunities.
  • Do you know anyone who lives in China?
  • Living in China has been a great experience for me.
  • She didn't live in China by herself.
  • I'm not going to move to go in search of work or we'll all live in China.
  • But the way you pulled off the timed reverse on our power grid... I mean, there are maybe two or three other hackers who could have pulled that off and they live in China.
  • Giant pandas live only in China.
  • You don't like it, go live in Red China.
  • You don't like it, go live in Red China.
  • The allegations concern live Falun Gong practitioners in China whose bodies were cremated after organ removal.
  • Saving lives is the priority in China; let others like the junta in Burma learn from this experience.
  • He was linked to us live from China by telephone.
  • When Bodhi came to China to live in the Palace, he would have been castrated
  • They only live here and China.
  • Calls on the International Olympic Committee to ensure that China lives up to its promises to grant media freedoms and to issue a political statement on the situation in China at the earliest opportunity;
  • China can live with being second on the handshake.
  • I came from China to live with Gabi.
  • Odds are she's a short physicist with low self-esteem who lives in a government research facility in China.
  • If the Uighurs in China were given space to live in their homeland in freedom and with dignity and independence there would be no more is the only way to prevent separatism.
  • The Council welcomes China's work towards the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and hopes that as this work continues there will be real improvements in the day-to-day lives of all China's citizens.
  • It is here that the European Union has a big responsibility because we cannot permit a situation where people in China, Ukraine or other countries have to live in fear of an organ mafia.
  • No, my dad lives in China.
  • We live in a world in which changes are on the way - in China, India and the United States.

live in the China

This phrase is incorrect. The definite article "the" should not be used before the name of a country like China.

This phrase is not used in English. It is incorrect to use the definite article "the" before the name of a country.
  • Saving lives is the priority in China; let others like the junta in Burma learn from this experience.
  • She didn't live in China by herself.
  • I'm not going to move to go in search of work or we'll all live in China.
  • You don't like it, go live in Red China.
  • But the way you pulled off the timed reverse on our power grid... I mean, there are maybe two or three other hackers who could have pulled that off and they live in China.
  • He was linked to us live from China by telephone.
  • You don't like it, go live in Red China.
  • When Bodhi came to China to live in the Palace, he would have been castrated
  • They only live here and China.
  • Giant pandas live only in China.
  • China can live with being second on the handshake.
  • I came from China to live with Gabi.
  • The Council welcomes China's work towards the ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and hopes that as this work continues there will be real improvements in the day-to-day lives of all China's citizens.
  • Calls on the International Olympic Committee to ensure that China lives up to its promises to grant media freedoms and to issue a political statement on the situation in China at the earliest opportunity;
  • Between Suez and the China Sea are many nameless men... who prefer to live and die unknown.
  • Odds are she's a short physicist with low self-esteem who lives in a government research facility in China.
  • We live in a time of a huge increase in international competition from countries such as China, India and Russia.
  • If the Uighurs in China were given space to live in their homeland in freedom and with dignity and independence there would be no more is the only way to prevent separatism.
  • Clearly, the people who run China can want to live in a fantasy world, and we understand why it is that they want to live in a fantasy world, where there is no opposition.
  • By opening up their lives to me, they taught me so much about factories and about China and about how to live in the world.

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