Area:
total: 9,596,960 sq km
land: 9,326,410 sq km
water: 270,550 sq km Climate:
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north Terrain:
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east Population:
1,298,847,624 Languages:
Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) Capital:
Beijing
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