About China China is a vast, ancient land with a recorded history reaching back over 5,000 years. Its people are as varied as Americans, with over 100 different ethnicities living in distinct communities throughout the country. While Mandarin Chinese is the official language, over 1,000 dialects are spoken at the local level.
China is wealthy in natural resources and has huge reserves of coal, oil, gas, and iron.
It has many large rivers for hydroelectric power and irrigation, and fertile land for agriculture. In the large cities, you would think you were in Pittsburg or New York. They are bustling centers of business and commerce. Barges and freighters travel up and down the huge rivers, and new building rise every year. The people on the street are busy and the roads filled with buses, cars, motorcycles and of course, bicycles.