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Instroduction about China

Full country name: People's Republic of China
Area: 9,596,960 sq km (mainland)
Population: 1.25 billion (mainland) Yikes!
Capital city: Beijing (pop 13.8 million)

People: Han Chinese (93%), plus 55 ethnic minorities
Languages: Putonghua (Beijing Mandarin dialect), Cantonese
Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism (no stats available); Muslim (14 million), Christian (7 million)
Government: Communist republic

Head of State: Hu Jintao (2003)
GDP: US$4.5 trillion
GDP per head: US$3600
Growth rate: 7.8%
Inflation: 2.8%
Major industries: Iron, steel, coal, machinery, automobiles, petroleum, chemicals, telecommunications, textiles
Major trading partners: USA, Japan, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan

 Instroduction about China


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