China
country
Beijing
capital city
Chinese
language(s)
CNY
currency
9,596,960 km²
area
1,306,313,812
population
136.12 people/km²
population density
China
Regions of China
- Anhui Sheng
- Beijing Shi
- Chongqing Shi
- Fujian
- Gansu Sheng
- Guangdong Sheng
- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
- Guizhou Sheng
- Hainan Province
- Hebei Sheng
- Heilongjiang Sheng
- Henan Sheng
- Hubei
- Hunan Province
- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
- Jiangxi Sheng
- Jilin Sheng
- Liaoning Province
- Nanjing
- Ningxia Huizu Zizhiqu
- Qinghai Sheng
- Shaanxi Sheng
- Shandong Sheng
- Shanghai Shi
- Shanxi Sheng
- Sichuan Sheng
- Tianjin Shi
- Tibet Autonomous Region
- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu
- Yunnan Province
- Zhejiang Sheng
Flag of China
National Anthem of China
Neighbours of China
- Afghanistan
- Bhutan
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- India
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Macau
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Russia
- Tajikistan
- Vietnam
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China description
China (traditional Chinese: 中國; simplified Chinese: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó (help·info); Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongguó; Wade-Giles (Mandarin): Chung kuo) is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity occupying a large portion of land in East Asia. China has one of the world's oldest people and continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and is the source of such major inventions as what the British scholar and biochemist Joseph Needham called the "four great inventions of Ancient China": paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing. Historically China's cultural sphere has been very influential in East Asia as a whole, with Chinese religion, customs, and writing system being adopted, to varying degrees, by its neighbors Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. The last Chinese Civil War has resulted in two political entities using the name China: the People's Republic of China (PRC), commonly known as China, which controls mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau; and the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, which controls the island of Taiwan and some nearby islands.
