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Capital Beijing Population 1,273,111,290 (July 2001 est.) Area 9,596,960 sq km (this includes land and water - slightly smaller than the US) Government Communist state Languages Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry) Money Yuan (CNY)    Climate Extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north                             Aloha Abacus Museum Ancient China Animal Fact Sheet Beijing Sports & Recreation Brief Introduction of the Miao Chiang Kaishek China Bridge China Government China Government 1 China Government 2 China High Rises China Organizations China Today China: A Country Study China: China History for Beginners China: Printing China: The Homeland of Tea Chinese Culture Chinese History : Ming Dynasty Chinese Knotting Chinese Macrame Chinese Mitten Crabs Chinese New Year's Chinese New Year's 1 Chinese Related Sports Web Sites Chou En-Lai Comparisons of China and Korea Compass, China, 220 BCE Discovering China Discovering China: Bruce Lee Discovering China: Middle Kingdom Embassy of China: Washington, D.C. Emperor Wu Ti Empress Dowager Cixi Feudalism Flag of China Football Web Guide Great Mariner : Cheng Ho Great Wall Across the Yangtze Great Wall of China Great Wall of China 1 Harvest Moon Festival History of China Holiday of the Yi People: Torch Day Hong Kong Hong Kong 1 Imperial China: The Art of the Horse Imperial Tombs of China Japan and China Images Mao Tse-Tung Mao Zedong Map of China Map of China 1 Map of China 2: Physical View from Space Marco Polo Travels in China Museum of Macau Mysterious Mummies of China Mysterious Tangram: Games Nixon's China Game Paper Cutting in China President Ziang Zemin Principal Religions of China Rare Birds Rolling Hills Refuge: Muntjac Deer Shang Dynasty Soccer Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square 1 Timeline of U.S: China Relations Virtual China Virtual Tour of China Visions of China Walk the Great Wall of China Whitefin Dolphin World Factbook: China XIA Dynasty Yak Yutopian's Sports Page Yuyuan Gardens