China

A country in East Asia, the fourth largest and most populous in the world; population 1,376,000,000 (estimated 2015); language, Chinese (of which Mandarin is the official form); capital, Beijing.Official name People’s Republic of China

Nous

noun

mass noun

1. British informal Common sense; practical intelligence.
‘if he had any nous at all, he’d sell the film rights’

2. Philosophy
The mind or intellect.

Origin

Late 17th century (in nous (sense 2)): from Greek, ‘mind, intelligence, intuitive apprehension’.