China

China, the oldest and most populated nation on Earth in the 20th century (DW: Four to Doomsday), was located in the continent of Asia.

Early history
Circa 5519 BC, Monarch abducted Lin Futu and other natives of China. (DW: Four to Doomsday)

Medieval
The Venetian Marco Polo traveled throughout China as the then-emperor Kublai Khan would not permit him to leave and return home. In 1289, The Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Susan met him during his travels. (DW: Marco Polo)

19th century
The Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon and Zoe Heriot visited China in 1800. (TN: Foreign Devils)

Circa 1860, Magnus Greel arrived in China from the year 5000. Li H'sen Chang found him and, believing him to be the god Weng-Chiang, became his devoted follower. (DW: The Talons of Weng-Chiang) In an unrelated incident, five years later, The Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki visited China. (PDA: The Eleventh Tiger)

20th century
Troopers from the Boxer Rebellion were kidnapped by the War Lords for use in their war games. (DW: The War Games)

In 1937, The Doctor and Romana visited China. (MA: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang)

Mao, an acquaintance of the Doctor's, who had accompanied him on the Long March (DW: The Mind of Evil) took over control of the country. 1967, Fitz Kriener was taken to China by Red Army soldiers. (EDA: Revolution Man) The government of China set an emissary, Chin Lee to London for the first World Peace Conference (DW: The Mind of Evil)

21st century
By the year 2009, China was part of the worldwide nuclear grid overseen by UNIT. An Osterhagen station was located there.


 * 2048, China was taken over by Hong Kong. (NA: St Anthony's Fire)

Alternative timelines

 * In 1997, the government of China officially took over control of the formerly independent region of Hong Kong. (DWU: Sympathy for the Devil)


 * Presumably this happened in the main universe as well.