We would like to thank the Embassy of the People s Republic of China for reading and commenting on the following information. The Republic covers seven per cent of the world's land area.
Many countries share a border with China.
They include Mongolia, Siberia, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. China also has thousands of offshore islands including Hong Kong Island. Over forty per cent of the country is mountainous. The mountains are mainly in the west with plains in the east. China also has desert regions.