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Facts and figures
| Full name | People's Republic of China | | Area | 9,596,960 sq km (mainland) | | Population | 1.2 billion (mainland) | | Capital city | Beijing (pop 12.6 million) | | People | 93% Han Chinese, 7% ethnic minorities like Mongol, Zhuang, Manchu and Uighur | | Languages | Putonghua (Beijing Mandarin dialect), Cantonese | | Government | Communist republic | | Major products and industries | Iron, steel, coal, machinery, textiles | | Major trading partners | USA, Japan, Germany, South Korea |
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