Special administrative regions:
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| Name: | China (People's Republic of China) |
| Local name (Chinese): | 中国 (中華人民共和国) |
| Bordering countries: | Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Laos, Vietnam |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface (incl. Hong Kong and Macao, excl. Taiwan): | 9 598.1 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003, incl. Hong Kong and Macao, excl. Taiwan): | 1 294 840 ths. |
| Capital: | Peking (北京) |
| Official language: | Chinese |