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Countries of the World: China

Welcome to our Countries of the World section.

In this post we will be going over some brief information on and how to pronounce China.

China is a very large country on the Asian continent with a coastline running along the Yellow, East China, Phillipine and South China Seas, a population of 1.41 billion in 2022 and has the following 14 countries across its borders:

  1. Afghanistan.
  2. Bhutan.
  3. India.
  4. Kazakhstan.
  5. Kyrgyzstan.
  6. Laos.
  7. Mongolia.
  8. Myanmar (Burma).
  9. Nepal.
  10. North Korea.
  11. Pakistan.
  12. Russia.
  13. Tajikistan.
  14. Vietnam.
 

You pronounce China like this: CHAI-NAH.

Key information and contact details for China

Official Language: Mandarin.

Secondary Language(s): Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou).

China dialling code: +86.

China currency: Renminbi.

China Capital City: Beijing.

China International Airport: Beijing Capital International Airport, Shunyi District, Beijing, China. Phone Number: +86 10 96158.

Emergency Services Phone Number: Police: 110. Ambulance: 120. Fire: 119.

British Embassy: Embassy of the United Kingdom, Beijing, 11 Guanghua Rd, Chaoyang, Beijing, China, 100600. Phone Number: +86 10 5192 4000.

American Embassy: U.S. Embassy in Beijing, 55 Anjialou Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China, 100600. Phone Number: +86 10 8531-400.

Latest Travel Advice (British Government): https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/china.

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