China
Religions: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%
Country code: ch
Government type: Communist state
Independence: 221 BC (unification under the Qin or Ch"in Dynasty); 1 January 1912 (Qing or Ch"ing Dynasty replaced by the Republic of China); 1 October 1949 (People"s Republic of China established)
Literacy rate: total population: 90.9%
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Language: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Capital: Beijing
Population: 1,338,612,968

