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A BIT ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY Total land area of China is 3,704,427 sq

miles. It is the fourth largest country in the world. Shanghai and Beijing are two of the largest and most populous cities in the world.

At least 14 countries and 4 seas border the nation. Since the country is so large, climate is extremely varied - it is sub arctic in the North and tropical in the South.

The population of the country according to a July 2006 estimate is 1,313,973,713. It is officially the most populated country in the world

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Environment(river and mountains) The great people of china Food Sport Ancient china Random pictures Top 3 sights

ENVIROMENTRIVER MOUNTAI

N With more than 50,000 rivers, China abounds in rivers. Almost all large rivers in China belong to the exterior river system, which directly or indirectly emptying into the seas. Because China's terrain is high in the west and low in the east, most of its rivers flow east and empty into the Pacific Ocean, including the Yangtze, Yellow, Heilong, Pearl, Liaohe and Haihe rivers. The following are the top 10 most important rivers in China

With accurate historical records of events that occurred over three thousand years ago, China has some of the oldest mountans in the world. They are called the sacred mountains there are 5 mountains and are a place that you should visit when you take a trip to China

The Sounthern Mountain-Hengsha Mountain

The Western Mountain-Huashan Mountain

The Northern Mountain-Hengshan Mountain

The Eastern Mountain-Taishan Mountain

The Central Mountain-Songshan Mountain

THE GREAT PEOPLE OF CHINA In China, people thought your most important

relationship was with your family so Kids often lived in the same house not just with their parents, but also with their grandparents, their aunts and uncles, and their cousins. People thought that family was much more important than friends.

Most boys and girls in China did not go to school, but worked on their parents' farms, picking weeds and planting seeds. Even rich girls did not go to school, but boys from rich families did.

When girls grew up, they got married and left the house they had grown up in to go live in their husband's house, with his family.

A STEP INTO CHINESE RESTUARANTS

Chinese cooking is one of the greatest methods of food. Chinese cooking needs time and effort and is considered a very sophisticated. The main food of china is rice, noodles and buns. The accompany dishes are fish, meat or other items.

SPORTBADMINTON

DIVING

Badminton's history dates back to Ancient Greece and the early Far-Easter so even thiugh it . even though china didn't start it ,it is a big supporter of it

Badminton is the world's fastest racket sport

Badminton became an Olympic sport in 1992 and ever since them China has been taking most of the goals

Diving is a very popular sport just not in China but all thruogh Asia so when you go to a swimming pool in china have a go in of trying to jump of the lowest diving platform

ANCIENT CHINA Modern humans first

came to China from Central Asia or India about 50,000 BC. These were Stone Age people, who lived in caves with their dogs and wore fur and leather. They hunted and gathered their food. By around 4000 BC, these people were starting to farm rice and keep sheep and chickens. By about 3000 BC, they were using pottery and living in houses, and they soon afterward learned from Central Asian people how to use horses to pull wheeled chariots.

HOPE THESE PICTURES INSPIRE YOU TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE MORDERN LANDMARKS IN CHINA

RANDOM PICTURES OF CHINA

TOP 3 SIGHTS TO SEE IN CHINA

The great wall of China

The Terracotta Warriors

The forbidden City

BIBLIOGRAPHY

www.google.com www.kinabaloo.com/forbidden_city www.tripadviser.com.au www.lonelyplanet.com/china www.made-in-china.com

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