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**Location:** Eastern Asia bordering Afghanistan 76 km, Bhutan 470 km, Burma 2,185 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,533 km, North Korea 1,416 km, Kyrgyzstan 858 km, Laos 423 km, Mongolia 4,677 km, Nepal 1,236 km, Pakistan 523 km, Russia (northeast) 3,605 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 1,281 km

**Capital:** Beijing


 * Climate:** extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north


 * Population:** 1,298,847,624 (July 2004 est.)


 * Ethnic Make-up:** Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%


 * Religions:** Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Muslim 1%-2%, Christian 3%-4%

The Chinese Language ** Chinese is a family of closely-related but mutually unintelligible languages. These languages are known variously as f¨¡ngy¨¢n (regional languages), dialects of Chinese or varieties of Chinese. All varieties of Chinese belong to the Sino-Tibetan family of languages and each one has its own dialects and sub-dialects, which are more or less mutually intelligible.
 * Government:** Communist state
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FUN FACTS


 * Ice cream was invented in China around 2000BC.
 * China is often a full day ahead of Canada.
 * The Chinese year is based on the cycles of the moon, and a complete cycle of the calendar takes 60 years.
 * Each month is represented by a certain animal. Find out yours!
 * It is considered good luck for the gate of a house to face south.

Fun Facts About China, [] (28 January 2010).

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