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China rose

noun

: any of numerous garden roses derived from a shrubby Chinese rose (Rosa chinensis)

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Meanwhile, India's exports to China rose 42% to $1.6 billion. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 18 Nov. 2025 China’s robotic sector on the rise Data from the International Federation of Robotics reveals that industrial robot installations in China rose by 5 percent in 2024, reaching around 290,000 units. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2025 Last year, overseas sales increased by 18% to 17.5 billion yuan, or $2.4 billion; domestic revenue in China rose by 19% to 21.6 billion yuan. Russell Flannery, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025 For the past few decades, while China rose and began asserting its claims to disputed territory more forcefully, Japan’s defense spending remained flat at one percent of GDP. Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025 Total exports from China rose 8.1% last month from a year earlier, much faster than the 2% pace most economists had been expecting. Elaine Kurtenbach, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2025 Last year, Walmart’s sales in China rose by 16% to $17 billion. Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025 Tesla has also benefited from selling cars in China’s fast-growing electric vehicle market: Sales in China rose 8.8 percent in 2024, a year in which the company’s global sales fell for the first time. Joshua Keating, Vox, 18 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1771, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of China rose was in 1771

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“China rose.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/China%20rose. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.

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