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TERRITORY
The people`s republic of China is situated in the eastern part of the Asian
Continent on the western coast of the Pacific.With a total land area of 9.6
Million square km,China is the largest country in asia and the third largest in the world,next to Russia and Canada.
The Chinese territory is around 5,500 km from the middles of the Heilongjiang River noth of mohe,Heilongjiang Province ,in the north to Zengmu ansha of the Nansha islands in the south,and stretches for some 5,000 km from the confluence of the Heilongjiang and wusulijiang river in the east to the Pamirs in the west . The land boundary extends for 22,8000 km . The Chinese mainland faces the bohai Sea,the Yellow Sea,the East China Sea and the South China Sea on the east and south .China has a total territorial sea area of 4.73 million square km in which there are over 5,400 islands.The mainland coastline is 18,000 km and that of the islands 14,000 km,giving China a total coastline distance of 32,000 km.
China is adjacent to 15 countries including the democratic People`s Repulic of Korea,Russia and Mongolia ,and faces six countries across the sea,such as the Republic of Korea,Japan,and the Philippines.
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