1.+Basic+Information

 People’s Republic of China
 * Official Name:**

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**Population:** (July 2009 est.): 1,338,612,968.

**Breakdown of ages and gender (graph) 2005**
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**Name of capital city:** Beijing

**National Language:**
 * Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect)



**Currency:** Chinese money is called Renminbi (RMB) means "The People's Currency". The popular unit of RMB is //yuan.// 1 yuan equals 10 jiao, 1 jiao equals 10 fen. []

