the Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori, and Shimane)

China Standard Time

sinicization

(humanities) sinology

China, as opposed to Japan and other islands / mainland China

China proper

Chinese calendar

Communist Party of China

period drama

a historical period where social disorder is so great due to war, disease, political disorder etc. that there is little or no cultural development; Dark Ages