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 | |  | | About People's Republic of China: |
 | Location: Asia
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Beijing
Main Cities: Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenyang
Population: 1,222,017,000
Area: 9,596,960 km2
Currency: 1 yuan = 10 jiao = 100 fen
Languages: Mandarin Chinese, Shanghai-, Canton-, Fukien-, Hakka- dialects, Tibetan, Vigus (Turkic)
Religions: Confucianist, Buddhist, Taoist |
| More about People's Republic of China: People's Republic of China Also called: Communist China, Red China. a republic in E Asia: the third largest and the most populous country in the world; the oldest continuing civilization (beginning over 2000 years BC); republic established in 1911 after the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty by Sun Yat-sen; People's Republic formed in 1949; the 1980s and 1990s saw economic liberalization but a rejection of political reform; contains vast deserts, steppes, great mountain ranges (Himalayas, Kunlun, Tian Shan, and Nan Shan), a central rugged plateau, and intensively cultivated E plains. Language: Chinese in various dialects, the chief of which is Mandarin. Religion: nonreligious majority; Buddhist and Taoist minorities. Currency: yuan. Capital: Beijing. Pop.: 1 300 000 000 (2005 est.). Area: 9 560 990 sq. km (3 691 502 sq. miles) |
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