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- People have lived in China for 1.7 million years
- China has continued to exist in a recognizable form since the early 2000 B.C.'s
- Yuan Dynasty was three times bigger than Alexander the Great's empire
- Land Area: 9,596,960 sq. km
- Highest point: 8,850 meters (Mount Everest)
- World's forth largest country
- Population: 1,330,044,605 (as of July 2008)
- Population growth rate: 0.63%
- Life Expectancy: 73.2 years
- 91.9% Han Chinese
- Government type: Communist
- Capital: Beijing
- Chief of State: HU Jintao
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China's Economy, as of 2007
- GDP: $7.043 trillion US dollars
- Annual GDP Growth rate: 11.4%
- GDP per capita: $5,300 US dollars
- Work force: 803.3 million people in the
- Unemployment rate: 4%
- Inflation rate: 4.7%
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