- China, officially the People's Republic of China (in Chinese, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo), State of oriental Asia, bounded with 15 000 km of ground borders, shared with 14 countries, and a maritime facade of 11 000 km. China is lined, in the North, by Russia and Mongolia; in the northeast, by Russia and Corée-du-Nord; in the East, by the Yellow sea and the East China Sea; in the South, by South China Sea, Viêtnam, Laos, Burma, India, Bhutan and Nepal; on the West, by Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tadjikistan!; in the northwest, by Kirghizistan and Kazakhstan. China possesses more than 5 000 islands, of which Hainan (34 000 km2), the most important, situated in South China Sea. In the southeast of China, separated from the continent by the strait of Taiwan, is the republic of China or " nationalist China ". The People's Republic of China is the third nation of the world by its surface (after Russia and Canada) and the first by its population. The total surface of the country is about 9 596 000 km2. The capital is Peking ( Beijing), most big city, Shanghai.
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