China

📖 In short

China is a huge country in East Asia, one of the largest and most populous in the world. It has high mountains, deserts, big rivers and fertile plains. Its capital is Beijing, and its civilization goes back thousands of years.

🤩 Did you know?

China's capital is Beijing.
The official language is Chinese, and the currency is the yuan.
The Chinese catch millions of tonnes of fish every year.
The Chinese celebrate Chinese New Year with red lanterns and fireworks.

🗂️ Fact file

Capital: Beijing
Official language: Northern Chinese, Mandarin or Putonghua
Official name: People's Republic of China
Currency: China's currency is the yuan
Area: China's area is 9,596,961 km²
Population: 2000 estimate: 1,284,597,000 people; 1990 census: 1,160,044,618 people.

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🌟 The Great Wall of China

Long ago the Chinese built a very long wall stretching thousands of kilometers over mountains and valleys to protect their country from invaders. It's one of the most famous structures in the world.

🔍 Chinese inventions

The Chinese invented many things that changed the world: paper, printing, the compass, gunpowder, silk making and porcelain.

💡 Great rivers

China has the Yangtze, the longest river in Asia, and the Yellow River. On the Yangtze, China built the huge Three Gorges Dam.

🎯 Pandas and writing

The giant panda lives in China's mountains. The Chinese language has a special writing system where each character stands for a word or an idea, and there are thousands of them.