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China

• People's Republic of China
• National name: Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo
• President: Hu Jintao (2003)
• Premier: Wen Jiabao (2003)
• Area: 3,705,386 sq. mi. (9,596,960 sq. km)¹
• Population (2006 est.): 1,313,973,713
• Capital (2003 est.): Beijing, 10,849,000 (metro. area)
• Largest cities: Shanghai, 12,665,000 (metro. area); Hong Kong (Xianggang) (2000 est.), 6,750,000 (metro. area); Tianjin (Tientsin), 9,346,000 (metro. area); Wuhan, 3,959,700; Shenyang (Mukden), 3,574,100; Guangzhou, 3,473,800; Haerbin, 2,904,900;  Chungking (Chongquing) 2,370,100; Chengdu, 2,011,000; Hong Kong (Xianggang), 1,361,200
• Monetary unit: Yuan
• Languages: Chinese, Mandarin, also local dialects
• Ethnicity/race: Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%
• Religions: Officially atheist; traditional religion contains elements of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism

      Source:  Infoplease

The Great Wall

Backstreet canal, Suzhou

Cormorant fisherman

Cyclists with loaded carts

Dragon sculpture at the Forbidden City, Beijing

Life on the barges

Lion guards, Forbidden City, Beijing

Rice paddies

Summer Palace pagoda

Tea pickers

Temple of Heaven

The Great Wall of China

Traditional Chinese fan dance

House on stilts, Tai O

Farmer and water buffalo, Huangshan

Woman in Yonan

Ba Jiao sunrise

Clouds climbing up the hill

Zhi Jiang, Guangxi

Junks with produce

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The Great Wall

 

China's national anthem

 

	For more information on China click on the links below: Around Tiananmen Square Biodiversity Hotspot:  Mountains of Southwest China Discovering China:  “The Middle Kingdom” Infoplease Languages of China Shanghai After Dark Shanghai Skyline Webcam The Tibet Game:  Play your way to Nirvana! Virtual Beijing Virtual China Virtual Hangzhou Virtual Shanghai Virtual Xian Walk the Great Wall of China Wikipedia World Desk Reference World Heritage Sites Yu Yuan:  The Garden of Peace and Comfort
China's President Hu Jintao		China's state emblem

 

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