N A China, known as the Middle Kingdom to the Chinese, sits in the eastern part of Asia, and covers an area of 3.7 million square miles. To its north is Mongolia, to its east, is North Korea, and to its Northeast and Northwest, lies the nation formerly known as the Soviet Union. Its coastline is the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas.
Chinas land is made up mainly of mountains, plateaus, and deserts.
Chinas climate ranges from frost, to mild temperate, to lush tropical weather.