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China

China is a country in Eastern Asia with its capital in Beijing.

Capital
Beijing
Region
Eastern Asia, Asia
Population
1.4 billion
Languages
Chinese
Currency
Chinese yuan (ยฅ)
Area
9,706,961 kmยฒ
Borders
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam

๐Ÿ’ก Most-populous nation until 2023, then overtaken by India.

About the flag

Designed by Zeng Liansong in 1949, the large star represents the Communist Party and the four smaller stars the people; each small star is turned to point at the large one.

How to spot it: Red with one big and four small yellow stars in the top-left corner; Vietnamโ€™s has a single central star.

Often confused with: ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam

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