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China
Republic, E Asia. Area: 3,700,000 sq mi (9,583,000 sq km). Population (1997 est.): 1,227,740,000). Capital: Beijing. The Han, or ethnic Chinese, form more than nine-tenths of the population. Languages: Dialects of Han Chinese, most importantly Mandarin. Religions: Buddhism, Islam, Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Taoism (all legally sanctioned). Currency: Renminbi (of which the unit is the yuan). China has several topographic regions. The SW area contains the Plateau of Tibet, which averages over 13,000 ft (4,100 m) above sea level; its central area, averaging more than 16,000 ft (5,000 m), is called "the Roof of the World." Higher yet are the border ranges, the Kunlun Mtns. to the north and the Himalayas to the south. China's NW region stretches from Afghanistan to the NE Manchurian Plain. The mountains of the Tian Shan separate China's two major interior basins, the Tarim Basin (containing the Taklimakan Desert) and the Dzungarian Basin. The Mongolian Plateau contains the southernmost part of the Gobi Desert. The lowlands of the E region include the Sichuan Basin, which runs along the Chang (Yangtze) River. The E region is separated into two parts by the divide between the Huang and Chang rivers. The Tarim is the major river in the northwest. China's smallest watershed, in the southwest, provides headwaters for the Brahmaputra, Salween, and Irrawaddy rivers. Its many other rivers include the Xi, Amur, Songhua, and Mekong. The discovery of Peking Man in 1927 dates the advent of early hominids to the Paleolithic period. Chinese civilization probably spread from the Huang River valley where it existed c.3000 BC. The first dynasty for which there is definite historical material is the Shang (c.17th cent. BC), which had a writing system and a calendar. The Zhou, a subject people of the Shang, defeated them in the 11th cent. BC and ruled until the 3rd cent. BC. Taoism and Confucianism were founded in this era. The area was beset by warring states until in 221 BC the Qin (Ch'in) dynasty (from whose name China is derived) was established. The Han dynasty assumed the throne in 206 BC and ruled until AD 220. A time of turbulence followed, and Chinese reunification wasn't achieved until the Sui dynasty came to power in 581. The Song dynasty assumed power in 960 and moved its capital to the south because of N invasions. In 1279 they were displaced when Mongol (Yuan) domination began. During this time, M. Polo visited Kublai Khan. The Ming dynasty succeeded the Mongols and ruled from 1368 to 1644, cultivating antiforeign feelings to the point that China closed itself off from the rest of the world. Tribes from Manchuria overran China in 1644 and established the Qing (Manchu) dynasty. Ever-increasing incursions by foreign interests led in the 19th cent. to the Opium Wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and the Sino-Japanese War, all of which weakened the Manchus. The dynasty fell in 1911 and a republic was proclaimed in 1912 by Sun Yat-sen. ...

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