Area: 9,573,000 sq.km. The third largest state in the world, also containing the highest mountains and plateaux in the world.
Capital: Beijing10.8 Billion
Governments: Taiwn, Hong Knong and Macao have separate governments

Language: 8 major languages: Putunghua (Mandarin), Wu, Yueh (Cantonese), Xiang (Hunanese), Hakka, Minnan, Minpei, and Gan. 600 dialects but 1 written language common to all (Mandarin) Peoples:Chinese 92%, Tai 2.1%, Tibeto-Burman 1.9%, Mongolian 1.35%, Miano-Yao0.84%, ui 0.76%, Turkic 0.76%, Mon-Khmer 0.1%, other 0.25%

Literacy:73% Languages with scriptures:15 Bi, 13 NT, 26 portions Other Cities: Shanghai 13.3 mill., Tianjin 8.8 mill., Chongquing 2.9 mill..