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People's Republic of China

CN / CHN   35.8°, 103.5°

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People are called
Chinese
Driving side
Right
Calling code
+86
Capital
Beijing
Population
1,404,890,000
Area
9,596,961 km2
Climate
Temperate
Government
Communist party-led state
Currency
renminbi
Languages
Mandarin Chinese, Yue, Wu
Sells
broadcasting equipment, computers, integrated circuits, garments
Sells to
USA 13%, Hong Kong 8%, Japan 5%
Land borders
14: Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kyrgyzstan ...
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+86
Founded
1949
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Chinese

These are English demonyms for people from People's Republic of China. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

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BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

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Yue
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Wu
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Largest cities

Shanghai 24,874,500
Chongqing 22,000,000
Beijing  capital 21,858,000
Chengdu 20,937,757
Guangzhou 18,676,605

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Climate and geography

extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong Founder of the People's Republic Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Deng Xiaoping
Deng Xiaoping Architect of the economic opening Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 1978 to 1989.
Confucius
Confucius Philosopher Confucius, born Kong Qiu, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages.
Qin Shi Huang
Qin Shi Huang First emperor of a unified China Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, climate zone, languages, official languages, past leaders.