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China is the biggest country located entirely in East Asia and is one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world.

Geography

China is one of the most geographically diverse countries in the East Asia region, being one of the biggest countries in the world. It has dense forests down south in Guangdong, the Himalayas in Tibet and the steppes in Outer Mongolia.

History

Being of the earliest civilizations along with Egypt, Greece and Mesopotamia to name a few, China's history is vast and was, up until recently, dominated by a monarchy that was later overthrown by a Communist regime. A common theme in Chinese history was that no dynasty ever lasted, each ruling regime eventually being overthrow one way or another.

Inhabitants

The vast majority of citizens are Han Chinese, with other ethnicities such as the Uyghurs in East Turkestan (Xinjiang) and Tibetans living outside of China Proper, a box where the large majority of the Han Chinese population lives. China Proper is seperated from Xinjiang and Tibet through various mountain ranges and deserts.

Language

There is no such thing as a single, unified Chinese language. China hosts seven to ten (disputed) main distinct languages under the Sinitic language family, most are which are not mutually intelligible meaning that two speakers from different languages falling under the same language tree would not not understand eachother. The most spoken of the Sinitic languages is Mandarin Chinese, primarily spoken by the Han Chinese. There are four main tones of (Mandarin) Chinese, each of which can dramatically change the meaning of the word, even if it's the same on paper.