China

Population: 1,321,851,888
Languages:
Standard Chinese (Mandarin/Putonghua)
Yue (Cantonese)
Wu (Shanghaiese)
Minbei (Fuzhou)
Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese
Xiang
Gan
Hakka dialects
Minority languages

Currency: Yuan/Renminbi

Capital City: Beijing, 1,538,000

Largest Cities:
Shanghai, 12,665,000;
Tianjin (Tientsin), 9,346,000;
Wuhan, 3,959,700;
Shenyang (Mukden), 3,574,100;
Guangzhou, 3,473,800;
Haerbin, 2,904,900;
Xian, 2,642,100;
Chungking (Chongquing) 2,370,100;
Chengdu, 2,011,000;
Hong Kong (Xianggang), 1,361,200

Religion: Officially atheist; Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%–4%, Muslim 1%–2%

Government: Communist state

Sports: Karate, Table Tennis, Soccer, Badminton, Gymnastics, Baseball, Basketball and Dragon Boat Racing

Newspapers:China Daily, Peoples Daily