![]() ![]() Manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, world'sĪgriculture products: Rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, Natural resources: Coal, iron ore, crude oil, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, PuTongHua (Mandarin), Wu (spoken in Shanghai), Yue (Cantonese) plus other dialectsĬhinese is spoken by more people than any other language in the world. Religions: Officially atheist Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity. Minority nationalities which comprise 8.4 percent of China's total populationĪmong them are: Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uygur, Yi, Mongolian, Tibetan, Buyi, Nationality: Chinese (singular and plural).Įthnic groups: Han Chinese 91.6% beside the Han population China recognizes fifty-five Terrain: Plains, deltas, and hills in east mountains, high plateaus, desertsĬlimate: From tropical in south to subarctic in north. US and almost as large as the combined nations of Europe. mi.), third largest country in the world, slightly smaller than the ![]() South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and People's Republic established 1 October 1949. Qing (Ch'ing or Manchu) Dynasty replaced by a republic on 12 February 1912 Independence: Unification under the Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty 221 BC (Canton, urban population 4.1 million), Shenyang (urban population 4 million), Chongqing (municipality population 28.8 million), Harbin (Ha'erbin, urban population 2.6 million),Ĭhengdu (urban population 2.3 million) (population figures 2011). Tianjin (municipality population 13 million), Hong Kong ((urban population 6.8 million), Wuhan (urban population 4.4 million), Guangzhou Shanghai (municipality population 23 million), (China extends across five times zones, but the country uses a single time zone.) Int'l long form: People's Republic of ChinaĪbbreviation: P.R.C. (traditional Chinese: 中國 simplified Chinese: 中国 Pinyin: Zhōngguó considers Taiwan to be its 23rd province), Tibet (TAR) (Province Xizang - Under Sovereignty of China) Official language is Mandarin, other spoken languages are Wu (Shanghainese), Yue (Cantonese), Min (Minnan, Mindong, others), Xiang, Gan, Hakka, and various Mandarin dialects and Patuá (a Portuguese creole).Ĭhina related countries and regions: Hong Kong (SAR), Macau (SAR), Taiwan (the P.R.C. Larger ethnic minorities are Zhuang, Manchu, Uyghur, Hui, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Mongols, and Tibetans.Ĭhina's capital city is Beijing, its largest city is Shanghai. Furthermore it shares maritime borders with Brunei, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Taiwan.Ĭhina occupies an area of 9,598,094 km², making it the second largest Asian country (after the Asian part of Russia) and the 4th largest country in the world, it is slightly smaller than the USA.ġ,367 million people (2015) are 91.5% Han people, the remaining 8.5 % are 'ethnic minorities', after all still 114 million people. ![]() Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam. China is bordered by 14 countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, North The People's Republic of China (PRC) is a sovereign state in East Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea. ![]() Destination China, a virtual guide to the Middle Kingdom, the most populatedĬountry on earth, which in turn is also a controversial nation. ![]()
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