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By Aixuan
General Information
welcome to China
China is also called People's Republic of China. The capital is Beijing. The population is 1,397,897,720. The official language is Mandarin. The currency is called Yuan.The MAJOR RIVERS are Yangtze, Yellow. The MAJOR MOUNTAINs RANGES are Himalayas
geography
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China's surface area is 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) from east to west and 3,400 miles (5,500 kilometers) from north to south. Its territory includes mountains, plateaus, deserts and forests. one third of the territory is mountainous. Mount Everest is located on the border of China and Nepal. China has thousands of rivers. Among them, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are the most important.
PEOPLE AND CULTURE
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With a population of 1.4 billion, China is the most populous country in the world. A third of the population lives in cities. The rest of the population lives in the countryside.
Arts and crafts have a long history. Thousands of years ago, the Chinese were among the first to use silk, jade, bronze, wood and paper to make art. The artistic writing called calligraphy was invented by the Chinese.