<Tr> <Td> Largest city </Td> <Td> Shanghai </Td> <Td> Quezon City </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Government </Td> <Td> Unitary single - party socialist republic </Td> <Td> Unitary presidential constitutional republic </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Predecessor States </Td> <Td> Manchurian Imperial Period (1644--1912) Empire of the Great Qing (1644--1912) The Heaven Kingdom of Eternal Peace (1851--1864) Republican Period (1912--1949) Republic of China (Provisional) (1912) Republic of China (Beiyang) (1912--1928) Empire of China (1915--1916) Restored Imperial Government of the Great Qing (1917) Republic of China (Nationalist) (1928--1949) Communist - controlled China (1927--1949) Japanese - puppet Republic of China (1940--1945) Communist Period (1949--present) People's Republic of China <Ul> <Li> Mao Period (1949--1976) </Li> <Li> Restructuring Period (1976--1989) </Li> <Li> Rising Power Period (1989--2002) </Li> <Li> Contemporary Period (2002--present) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Spanish Colonial Period (1565--1898) Captaincy General of the Philippine Islands (1565--1898) British - occupied Manila (1762--1764) Sovereign Tagalog Nation (1896--1897) Revolutionary Government in Tejeros (1897) Republic of the Philippines (1897) American Colonial Period (1898--1946) Military Government of the Philippine Islands (1898--1902) Philippine Republic (1899--1901) Insular Government of the Philippine Islands (1901--1935) Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935--1946) Japanese - sponsored Philippine Republic (1943--1945) Post--Colonial Period (1946--present) Republic of the Philippines <Ul> <Li> Third Republic (1946--1972) </Li> <Li> Martial Law Period (1972--1981) </Li> <Li> Fourth Republic (1981--1986) </Li> <Li> Fifth Republic (1986--present) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Mao Period (1949--1976) </Li> <Li> Restructuring Period (1976--1989) </Li> <Li> Rising Power Period (1989--2002) </Li> <Li> Contemporary Period (2002--present) </Li> </Ul>

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