- Capital: Beijing [1]
- Population: about 1.41 billion (2024 estimate) [2]
- Area: 9.6 million square kilometers, roughly the size of the United States [1]
- Official language: Standard Mandarin (Putonghua), with hundreds of regional varieties spoken alongside it [3]
- Currency: Renminbi (yuan), symbol ¥ [2]
- One distinguishing claim: the only major civilization with a continuous written record stretching back more than 3,000 years [4]
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Sources
- The World Factbook: China
- World Bank: China Country Profile
- Britannica: Languages of China
- UNESCO: Chinese Writing System and Continuous Civilization
- BBC News: The country with one time zone
- International Union of Railways: High Speed Rail Statistics
- UNESCO World Heritage: The Great Wall
- Britannica: Chinese Cuisine and Regional Traditions
- Needham Research Institute: Science and Civilisation in China