Capital: Beijing
Population: 1,377,583,156 (estimated in 2015)
Currency: Renminbi (CNY)
Official Language: Standard Mandarin
Unofficial Languages: Yue or Cantonese, Wu or Shanghainese, Minnan or Hokkien-Taiwanese, Minbei or Fuzhou, Gan, Xiang, and other minority languages
Main Religions: Buddism, Christianity, other folk religions
Ethnic Groups: Han Chinese, Zhuang, Hui, Tujia, Manchu, Uighur, Miao, Yi, Tibetan, Mongol, Buyei, Yao, Kazakh, Bai, Korean, Hani, Li, Dai,Dong, and others
Largest Cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou
Main Sport: Basketball, Football, Wrestling
Political System: Communist State
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