| China :
Geographic coordinates
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35 00 N, 105 00 E
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| China :
Population growth rate
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0.494% (2010 est.)
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| China :
Birth rate
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12.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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| China :
Death rate
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6.89 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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| China :
People living with HIV/AIDS
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700,000 (2007 est.)
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| China :
Independence
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221 BC
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| China :
National holiday
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Republic of China, 1 October
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| China :
Constitution
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4 December 1982
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| China :
GDP
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purchasing power parity - $8.789 trillion (2009 est.)
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| China :
GDP - per capita
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purchasing power parity -$6,600 (2009 est.)
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| China :
Electricity - consumption
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3.438 trillion kWh (2008 est.)
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| China :
Exports
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$232 billion machinery and equipment; textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting goods
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| China :
Imports
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$197 billion machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals
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| China :
Telephones
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365.6 million (2007)
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| China :
Mobile cellular
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634 million (2008)
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| China :
Radio broadcast stations
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AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998)
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| China :
Radios
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417 million
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| China :
Television broadcast stations
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3,240 (of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations, and nearly 3,000 are local city stations) (1997)
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| China :
Televisions
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400 million
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| China :
Internet country code
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.cn
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| China :
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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14.156 million (2009)
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| China :
Internet users
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298 million (2008)
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| China :
Railways
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77,834 km
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| China :
Highways
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3,583,715 km (includes 53,913 km of expressways) (2007)
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| China :
Waterways
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110,000 km navigable (2008)
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| China :
Pipelines
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gas 32,545 km; oil 20,097 km; refined products 10,915 km (2009)
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| China :
Ports and harbors
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Dalian, Guangzhou, Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin
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| China :
Merchant marine
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1,826 ships
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| China :
Airports
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482 (2009)
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| China :
Heliports
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45 (2009)
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| China :
Military branches
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People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines and naval aviation), Air Force (includes airborne forces), and Second Artillery Corps (strategic missile force); People's Armed Police (PAP); PLA Reserve Force (2010)
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| China :
Military expenditures
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4.3% of GDP (2006)
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