The People's Republic of China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian Continent on the western coast of the Pacific. With a total land area of around 9.6 million square km, China is the largest country in Asia and the third largest in the world, next to Russia and Canada. The Chinese territory is around 5,500 km from the middle of the Heilongjiang River north of Mohe, Heilongjiang Province, in the north to Zengmu Ansha of the Nansha Islands in the south, and stretches for some 5,000 km from the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Wusulijiang rivers in the east to the Pamirs Plateau in the west. The land boundary extends for 22,800 km.

LAND AND ETHNIC GROUPS NATURAL RESOURCES, CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STATE, POLITICAL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION DIVISION POLITICAL PARTIES AND MASS ORGANIZATIONS FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS NATIONAL DEFENSE ECONOMY SOCIAL LIFE EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CULTURE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SPORTS 2005 CHINA CHRONOLOGY

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