Who named China?

Kang Youwei, according to the available information, it was Kang Youwei who first proposed the "new China".

Strictly speaking, the ancient "China" is an adjective, not a proper noun. Of course, "China" in history does not mean the scope of "China" today. In ancient China, all dynasties did not take "China" as the official country name. Han dynasty surnamed Han, Tang dynasty surnamed Tang. Later dynasties were named Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan and Ming, and the name of the country signed by the Qing government and foreign countries was Qing.

Until the founding of the Republic of China in 19 12, China was not the official synonym of our dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty, some places began to call China, mainly foreigners and westerners came to China, and they liked to call China China. We know that the word China can be called China, but it can also be translated into CentralEmpire, Central Dynasty and China, which is great, so it will be the Qing Dynasty in the future. Sometimes they call China China in the west, and we call ourselves China.

It was not until after the Revolution of 1911 that "China" was taken as the abbreviation of "Republic of China". After liberation, we also took "China" as the abbreviation of "People's Republic of China (PRC)". At present, there is only one China in the world, and that is People's Republic of China (PRC).