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People's Republic of China

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People's Republic of China

Location

The People's Republic of China is vast and diverse, stretching from the arid Gobi and Taklimakan deserts in the north to the wetter subtropical forests in the south. Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the east, Mongolia in the north, Russia in the northeast and northwest, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan in the northwest, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Bhutan in the west and southwest, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam in the south. South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia are located across the eastern and southeastern seas of the People's Republic of China.

Area

Approx. 9.597 million km2

Capital (approximate population)

Beijing(16.45 million)

Business-related cities other than Beijing (approximate population)

Shanghai(20.22 million), Chongqing(11.87 million), Guangzhou(10.64 million), Shenzhen(10.34 million), Tianjin(9.56 million), Wuhan(7.54 million), Dongguan(7.27 million), Hong Kong(7.48 million), Foshan(6.77 million), Chengdu(6.32 million), Nanjing(6.24 million), Shenyang(5.72 million), etc.

Population

Approximately 1.428 billion people

Racial Composition

Mainly Han Chinese

Language

Chinese

Religion

Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese Buddhism, Other Christianity, Islam, etc.
- Tiantan
- Leshan Giant Buddha

Culture

Taoism, Confucianism, imperial examination system, calligraphy, Chinese poetry, landscape painting, architectural style, novels, etc. It is a country with a diverse and deep culture.
- Great Wall of China
- The Palace Museum(Forbidden City)
- Tiananmen
- Terracotta Army
- Summer Palace
- Xiang Bi Shan
- Reed Flute Cave
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
- Lingering Garden
- Surging Waves Pavillion
- Potala Palace
- The Bund
- West Lake
- Zhao Mausoleum
- Zhangjiajie National Forest Park

Education

Nine years of elementary and junior high school are compulsory education.
- Xi'an Jiaotong University
- Beijing University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Hunani University
- Tsinghua University
- Zhejiang University
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Fudan University
- Wuhan University
- Renmin University of China
- Tongji University
- Nanjing University
- East China Normal University
- Nankai University
- Xiamen University


- National Library of China
- Tianjin Binhai Library

Overview of Modern and Contemporary History of the People's Republic of China

1949 Founding of the People's Republic of China
1966-76 cultural revolution
1989 Tiananmen Incident
1997 Hong Kong is returned
1999 Macau returned

Politics

It is a socialist state that clearly aims to build communism. The legislative body is the National People's Congress, the administrative body is the State Council, and the judicial body is the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.
- Great Hall of the People
- Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China

GDP per capita

$10,872

Economy

The country has experienced tremendous economic growth in the 21st century and has the world's largest economy since 2014. It is the world's largest exporter and second largest importer.


Asia

People's Republic of China, Singapore, Israel, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia, India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Georgia , Cambodia, Japan , Myanmar, Laos, Mongolia, Bhutan, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan , Kuwait, Bahrain , Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, North Korea, East Timor, Brunei, Maldives

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