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China
- Location
Location Description
Eastern Asia, bordering the sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
- Continent
- Asia
- Bordering Countries
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
- Independent
- Yes
- Flag
Flag Description
The flag of this country has a red field. In the canton are five yellow five-pointed stars — a large star and four smaller stars arranged in a vertical arc on the fly side of the large star.
- Capital
- Beijing
- Language
- Chinese
- Currency
- (yuan)
- Size
- 3,747,879 sq mi (9,706,961 sq km) — 4th largest
- Total Population
- 1,408,280,000 people — 2nd largest
- Population Density
- 376 people per sq mi (145 people per sq km) — 86th largest
- Fun Facts
- Despite spanning the equivalent of five geographical time zones, uses a single national time zone
- Where paper and silk were invented
- Contains the point on Earth furthest from any ocean