China (Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó), officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC),[k] is a country in East Asia. It is the world’s second-most-populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land,[l] tied with Russia as having the most of any country in the world. With an area of nearly 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), it is the world’s third-largest country by total land area.
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