| Land
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9,596,960
sq km
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| Population
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1,236,914,658 or
1.24 billion
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| History
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5,000 years
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| Religions
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Mainly
Taoism and Buddhism, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1%
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| Regions
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23
provinces, 5 autonomies and 4 state Cities
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| Minorities
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Han Chinese
91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other
nationalities 8.1%
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| Spoken Language
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Standard Chinese
or Mandarin , Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese),
Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
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| Written Language
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Officially one,
Han
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| Political System
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Mainland -
Social Communist
Hong Kong & Macao - Capitalist
Taiwan - Republican
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| Neighbors
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Russia, Korea,
Japan, South Asia
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| Weather
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Tropical in
south to subarctic in north Inner Mongolia
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| National flowers
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May flower
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| National animals
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Ancient Dragon
& today's Panda
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