The People's Republic of China is situated in eastern Asia and with the Pacific Ocean to her west.She is also called China for short.She is about 5,500 km in length from the northernmost point in the main channel of the Heilongjiang River north of Mohe County to the southernmost point Zengmu Ansha Island.It is 5,200 km in width from the Pamir Plateau in the west to the confluence of the Heilongjiang River and Wusuli River in the east.China has a land area of about 9.6 million km2,making her the third largest in the world.She has a population of about 1.3 billion,of which the Hans makes up more than 90%.

　　China has a land boundary of over 20,000 km and neighbours D.P.R Korea in the east,Russia and Mongolia in the north,Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in the northwest,Tajikistan,Afghanistan,and Pakistan in the west,India and Nepal in the southwest,and Myanmar,Laos,and Vietnam in the south.China has a continental coastline of over 18,000 km and is fringed by the Bohai Sea,the Huanghai Sea(Yellow Sea),the Donghai Sea(East China Sea)and the Nanhai Sea(South China Sea).

　　伟大的中国

　　中华人民共和国位于亚洲东部和太平洋西岸，简称中国。从其北端黑龙江的漠河到其最南端的曾母暗沙群岛，南北相距约5，500公里。从最西端的帕米尔高原到最东部的黑龙江与乌苏里江的交汇处东西相距5，200公里。中国国土面积约960万平方公里，为世界第三大国。中国的人口约13亿，其中汉族占90%。

　　中国的边境线超过20，000公里。东部与朝鲜相邻；北靠俄罗斯和蒙古；西北邻国是哈萨克斯坦和吉尔吉斯坦；西面是堪吉克斯坦、阿富汗、巴基斯坦；西南面是印度、尼泊尔；南面是缅甸、老挝、越南。中国的海岸线超过18，000公里，从北到南被渤海、黄海、东海、南海所包围着。

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