Country Name:
People's Republic of China (PRC)
Area:
9,596,960 sq km
Population:
1.2 billion
Capital City:
Beijing (pop 11 million)
People:
93% Han Chinese, plus more than 50 minority groups including the Tibetan, Mongol, Zhuang, Manchu and Uighur.
Languages:
Putonghua (Beijing dialect Mandarin), Cantonese, Tibetan, Mongolian, Russian, Mien, Hmong (Miao), Lisu, Akha (Aini), Lahu, Uighur, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik and numerous local dialects.
Religion:
Officially atheist, but Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Lslam, Christianity, ancestor worship and animism are all practiced.
Government:
Communist People's Republic
Currency:
Renminbi (RMB); the basic unite is the yuan.
Time Zone:
Eight hours ahead of GMT/UTC
Country Code:
86
Electricity:
220V, 50AC; plugs can be three-pronged angled, three-pronged round, two flat pins or two narrow round pins.

 



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