China is a populous nation in East Asia whose vast landscape encompasses grassland, desert, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000km of coastline. Capital Beijing mixes modern architecture with historic sites such as the Forbidden City palace complex and Tiananmen Square. Shanghai is a skyscraper-studded global financial center. The iconic Great Wall of China runs east-west across the country's north.
| Continent | : | Asia |
| Capital | : | Beijing |
| Official Language | : | Mandarin Chinese, Standard Mandarin |
| Currency | : | Renminbi |
| Local Time | : | GMT +8 |
| Exchange Rate | : | 11.89 Bangladeshi Taka |
| Dialing Code | : | +86 |
| Weekend Days | : | Saturday & Sunday |
| Population | : | 1.371 billion (2015) |
| Area | : | 3.705 million mi² |
| Education | : | 100% |
| Religion | : | Buddhism, Taoism, Islam |
| Climate | : | The climate in China varies from region to region since the country is massive! In the northeast the summers are hot and dry and the winters are freezing cold. The north and central regions have frequent bouts of rain coupled with hot summers and cold winters. In the southeast there is plenty of rainfall, semi-tropical summers and cool winters. Flooding can occur in the central, southern and western regions and the country in general can experience earthquakes. |
| Prime Minister / President / King | : | The best time to visit China climate-wise is in spring, from March to April or autumn from September to October. Keen to experience Chinese New Year? Then you’ll need to be prepared in advance; hotels and flights are booked out around this time (usually the end of January of the beginning of February). |
| Destinations | : | Xi Jinping |
| Points of Interest | : | Great Wall of China, Forbidden City, Terracotta Army, The Bund, Potala Palace, Jiuzhaigou, Summer Palace, Huangshan, Temple of Heaven, West Lake, Tiananmen Square, Badaling, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Oriental Pearl Tower, Leshan Giant Buddha, Yu Garden, Three Gorges, Ming tombs, Mount Emei, Mogao Caves, Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, Mausoleum of Mao Zedong, Longmen Grottoes, Shanghai World Financial Center, Nanjing Road, Elephant Trunk Hill, Stone Forest, Yonghe Temple, Mount Tai, Beihai Park, Huanglong, Sichuan, Dujiangyan, Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Old Town of Lijiang, Wangfujing, Shanghai Tower, Jingshan Park, Pangong Tso, Tianmen Mountain, Lake Tai, Lugu Lake, Mount Hua, Tiananmen, Kinmen, Kanas Lake, Shanghai Disney Resort, Shaolin Monastery, Old Summer Palace |
| The Great Wall of China in Beijing — Ten-Thousand-Li-Long Wall, The Terracotta Army in Xi'an — Emperor Qin's Buried Battalions, The Forbidden City in Beijing — Imperial Palace for 24 Emperors, The Li River in Guilin — Watery Wonder, The Yellow Mountains in Huangshan — A Top National Park, Giant Pandas in Chengdu — "National Treasure" of China, The Potala Palace in Lhasa — Symbol of Tibet, The Bund in Shanghai — International Architecture, Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong — Best Spot for Bird's Eye View, West Lake in Hangzhou — Paradise on Earth |
