China

Land
9,596,960 sq km

Population
1,236,914,658 or 1.24 billion

History
5,000 years

Religions
Mainly Taoism and Buddhism, Muslim 2%-3%, Christian 1%

Regions
23 provinces, 5 autonomies and 4 state Cities

Minorities
Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%

Spoken Language
Standard Chinese or Mandarin , Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages

Written Language
Officially one, Han

Political System
Mainland - Social Communist

Hong Kong & Macao - Capitalist

Taiwan - Republican

Neighbors
Russia, Korea, Japan, South Asia

Weather
Tropical in south to subarctic in north Inner Mongolia

National flowers
May flower

National animals
Ancient Dragon & today's Panda