Country Information China, a beautiful and facinating country, attracts adventurous travelers all over the world. It is third largest country, covering 6,000,000 square miles and spanning 60 longitudinal degrees. It is situated in eastern Asia, bounded by the Pacific in the east. Infinite variety of people, enchanting natural landscape, brilliant history and culture and fascinating destinations of China has make a visitor tends to be bewildered as well as bewitched. It has 6,536 islands larger than 500 square meters. The largest is Taiwan which have a total area of about 36,000 square kilometers, and the southernmost island group of China are the South China Sea Islands. Full Country Name: The People's Republic of China Area: 9,600,000 sq km Population: 1.24 billion Capital: Beijing People: Han Chinese (93%), plus Mongolian, Zhuang, Manchu and Uighur minorities Language: Mandarin Religion: Officially atheist; Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism ; Muslim, Christian Government: The National People's Congress