Modern References
Although still used in conjunction, the Chinese characters for Hua and Xia are more often used separately to represent things Chinese. The official Chinese names of both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) uses the term Huaxia in combination with the term Zhongguo (中國/中国, literally "Middle Kingdom"), that is, as Zhonghua (中華/中华). The PRC's official Chinese name is Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo (中华人民共和国), while that of the ROC is Zhonghua Minguo (中華民國). Today, the term Zhongguo usually refers to the nation itself and Zhonghua to the civilization. Hua in particular has become almost synonymous with the Chinese civilization.
The character hua is also often used to refer to people of Chinese ethnicity in the term Huaren (華人/华人) and those overseas Chinese as Huaqiao (華僑/华侨).
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