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| Facts for the Traveller |
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| Full Name: |
People's Republic of China |
| Area: |
9.6 million sq km |
| Population: |
1,265.83 million (2001) 22 percent of the world's total |
| Capital City: |
Beijing |
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| Language: |
Putonghua (Beijing Mandarin dialect), Cantonese |
| Religion: |
Officially atheist; Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism (no stats available); Muslim (14 million), Christian (7 million) |
| Government: |
Communist republic |
| Head of State: |
Jiang Zemin |
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| Time: |
GMT/UTC plus eight hours (the whole of China is set to Beijing time). |
| Electricity: |
220 volts, 50 Hz (cycles) |
| Weights & Measures: |
Metric |
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