Asian nation vs People's Republic of China

Asian nation and People's Republic of China both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Asian nation	Yes	No	No	No
People's Republic of China	Yes	No	No	No

Asian nation (noun)	People's Republic of China (noun)
any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent	a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world