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About China

Full country name: People's Republic of China
Area: 9,596,960 sq km (mainland)
Population: 1.29 billion (mainland)
Capital city: Beijing (pop 13 million)
People: Han Chinese (93%), plus 55 ethnic minorities
Languages: Putonghua (Beijing Mandarin dialect), Cantonese
Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism (no stats available); Islam (14 million), Christianity (7 million)
Government: Communist republic

Major industries: Iron, steel, coal, machinery, automobiles, petrolium, chemicals, telecommunications, textiles
Major trading partners: USA, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan

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