The People's Republic of China (Chinese 中华人民共和国, pinyin Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó) in East Asia with its capital Beijing covers 9,596,961 km² and is the third largest country in the world. It borders 14 neighbouring countries: Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Bhutan and Nepal to the south, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan to the west, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia and Mongolia to the north and North Korea to the east. To the east and south-east, it lies on the Yellow, East China and South China Seas. The territory stretches from the northernmost tip on the Siberian border to the southern tip of Hainan Island over around 5,500 kilometres and from east to west over around 5,200 kilometres.
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