China is not just a country. It is a phenomenon.
Imagine a billion people, one fifth of all human beings, actually speaking the same language and identifying with the same history which goes back about 5000 years
Full country name: People's Republic of China Area: 9,596,960 sq km (mainland) Population: 1.2 billion (mainland) Capital city: Beijing (pop 11 million) People: Han Chinese (93%), plus Mongol, Zhuang, Manchu and Uighur minorities Language: Putonghua (Beijing dialect Mandarin) Religion: Officially atheist; Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism (no stats available); Muslim (14 million), Christian (7 million) Government: Communist republic Head of State: Jiang Zemin Time: GMT/UTC plus eight hours (the whole of China is set to Beijing time). Electricity: 220V, 50 AC; plugs can be three-pronged angled, three-pronged round, two flat pins or two narrow round pins. Weights & measures: Metric Tourism: 28 million visitors per year
Check out the following to know more about China......China Official Internet Information Center
Chinese Resources in the NetherlandsEnglish-Chinese-English Online Dictionary
All About China
MegaChina -- A Complete Reference to China Portals
China Today
MSNBC China News
Explore China -- Discovery.Com (Travel Tips)
China News Digest
China Pages -- Business Guide
China Internet Directory
World Organization of China Painters
Colleges and Universities in China
China Internet Travel Guide
China Daily
MSN China
The Beijing Page
Bejing Panrama
Beijing Travel (System Guide)
Update Beijing (Updae Events)
Beijing This Month (News)
Shanghai Travel Guide
Shanghai Travel System
Asia's 13 Largest Cities: Shanghai
Grand New Sights In Shanghai
Shanghai on the Internet
Shanghai in May
All about Qingtian, Zhejiang --- Where I was born! (in GB)
Qingtian Info-Net
Qingtian Stone Arts (Video)
Qingtian Hotline
the Window of Qingtian
Qingtian Landscapes
Official Site of Qingtian Government
Qingtian Forum
Qingtian 88.com
Zhejiang Travel
Zhejiang Tour
Zhejiang Online (Business Guide)
MSN Zhejiang (English)
Zhejiang Tourism (English)
Orient Business (English)
Welcome to Hangzhou (English)
Still more...
China.com
Sohu.com
Sina.com
Netease.com
Yahoo China
Google Chinese
Chinese Resources in the Netherlands
English-Chinese-English Online Dictionary
Jerry's China Law Resources in English
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