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 around 5,500 kilometres from north to south and around 5,200 kilometres from east to west.
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Markus J. Eser
Weinakademiker und Herausgeber „Der Weinkalender“