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About China

China, officially People’s Republic of China, nation in East Asia, the world’s third-largest nation by area and the largest by population. Beijing is the capital of China, the nation’s largest city is Shanghai. About fifth of the world’s total population lives within China’s borders. China gave birth to one of the world’s earliest civilizations and has a recorded history that dates from some 3,500 years ago. Zhonghua, the Chinese name for the nation, means “central land”, a reference to the Chinese belief that their nation was the geographical centre of the Earth and the only true civilization.

General Info About China

The greater part of the country is mountainous. Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan, the Kunlun chain, and the Trans-Himalaya. In the southwest is Tibet, which China annexed in 1950. The Gobi Desert lies to the north. China proper consists of three great river systems: the Yellow River (Huang He), 2,109 mi (5,464 km) long; the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), the third-longest river in the world at 2,432 mi (6,300 km); and the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang), 848 mi (2,197 km) long.

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