"China" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos. It was released as the third single from her debut studio album Little Earthquakes. It was released January 20, 1992 by Atlantic Records in the US and EastWest Records in the UK. It was the first song written for Little Earthquakes and was originally titled"Distance": a recurring lyric and theme in the song., It was also originally submitted to the Library of Congress in 1987.The song is often cited as one of Amoss least abstruse and most traditional ballads. It is a lament about lost love with lyrics like"Sometimes I think you want me to touch you/How can I when you build the great wall around you?" This particular lyric likely inspired the cover art of Amos standing at an upside-down teacup shaped wall. This visual theme also occurred in the music video, which showed Amos lamenting on a rocky beach in England.