My Travel Guide
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| Official Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Location: | Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam |
| Capital: | Beijing |
| Climate: | Extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north |
| Terrain: | Mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east |
| Languages: | Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) |
| Official Currency: | Yuan (CNY) |
| Population: | 1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.) |
| Religions: | Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1% (est.) |
| GDP - per capita: | Purchasing Power Parity - $3,600 (2000 est.) |
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