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Capital	Beijing
Government	Socialist Republic
Currency	Renminbi (RMB, ¥)
Area	9,596,960 km2
Population	1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)
Language	national: Mandarin (Putonghua) regional: Wu (Shanghaiese), Cantonese (Yue), Mindong (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages
Religion	Buddhist (~82%), Daoist (Taoist), Confucianism, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% (officially atheist)
Electricity	220V/50Hz (US/European plug for 2-pin, Australian plug for 3-pin)
Calling Code	+86
Internet TLD	.cn
Time Zone	UTC +8

For other places with the same name, see China (disambiguation).

China (??; Zhōngguó) , officially known as the People's Republic of China (??????? Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó) is a vast country in Eastern Asia (about the same size as the United States of America) with the world's largest population.

With coasts on the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, in total it borders 14 nations. It borders Afghanistan, Pakistan (through the disputed territory of Kashmir), India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam to the south; Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to the west; Russia and Mongolia to the north and North Korea to the east. This number of neighboring states is equaled only by China's vast neighbor to the north, Russia.

This article is about mainland China only. For Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, please see separate articles.