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China is the world most populous country, with a population of over 1.3 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres, the East Asian state is the world second-largest country by land area, and the third- or fourth-largest in total area, depending on the definition of total area as its mentioned in China on world map. In 2003, China became the third nation in the world, after the former Soviet Union and the United States, to independently launch a successful manned space mission.

The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, have their sources in the Tibetan Plateau and continue to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres (9,000 mi) long—the 11th-longest in the world—and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas as you can see in China on world map.

Since the introduction of economic reforms in 1978, China has become the world fastest-growing major economy. As of 2012, it is the world second-largest economy, after the United States, by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP), and is also the world largest exporter and second-largest importer of goods. On a per capita income basis, China ranked 90th by nominal GDP and 91st by GDP (PPP) in 2011, according to the IMF. China is a recognized nuclear weapons state and has the world largest standing army, with the second-largest defense budget as its shown in China on world map.

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China has the longest combined land border in the world, measuring 22,117 km (13,743 mi) from the mouth of the Yalu River to the Gulf of Tonkin as its mentioned in the map of China and surrounding countries. China borders 14 surrounding nations, more than any other country except Russia, which also borders 14.

China extends across much of East Asia, and as you can see in the map of China and surrounding countries China bordering Vietnam, Laos, and Burma in Southeast Asia; India, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan in South Asia; Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in Central Asia; a small section of Russian Altai and Mongolia in Inner Asia; and the Russian Far East and North Korea in Northeast Asia.

Additionally, China shares maritime boundaries with South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines as its mentioned in the map of China and surrounding countries. The PRC and the Republic of China (Taiwan) make mutual claims over each other territory and the frontier between areas under their respective control is closest near the islands of Kinmen and Matsu, off the Fujian coast, but otherwise run through the Taiwan Strait. The PRC and ROC assert identical claims over the entirety of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, and the southern-most extent of these claims reach Zengmu Ansha (James Shoal), which would form a maritime frontier with Malaysia.

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Imperial China was certainly the source of considerable cultural, as well as political, influence throughout East Asia. China contributed elements of Confucian statecraft and a popular Confucian religion, as well as Confucian ethics in family and personal relations, to the surrounding states as its shown in China map Asia.

China landscape is vast and diverse, with forest steppes and the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts occupying the arid north and northwest near Mongolia and Central Asia, and subtropical forests being prevalent in the wetter south near Southeast Asia as you can see in China map Asia. The terrain of western China is rugged and elevated, with the Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamir and Tian Shan mountain ranges separating China from South and Central Asia.

China was a world leader in science and technology until the Ming Dynasty. Ancient Chinese discoveries and inventions, such as papermaking, printing, the compass, and gunpowder (the Four Great Inventions in China), contributed to the economic development of Asia and Europe as its mentioned in China map Asia.