Full Country Name: People's Republic of China
Location: Eastern Asia, Bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea and South China Sea between North Korea and Vietnam
Capital city: Beijing
Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Bejing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minoan (Hokkien- Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects
Climate: Extremely diverse, tropical in south to subarctie in North
Time Difference: IST (+) 2½ hrs
Currency: Yuan (CNY) - also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB)
Major Cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Ningbo, Shenyang, Nanjing, Qingdao, Xian, Luoyang, Guilin


