China — Capital, Flag and Country Facts

Explore China: capital Beijing, population, flag, geography, languages, history and culture.

China is in Asia. Its capital is Beijing.

Climate

Extremely diverse, ranging from tropical in the south to subarctic in the north. Monsoons dominate the east, while the interior west is arid.

Mostly mountains and high plateaus in the west, with plains, deltas, and hills in the east. The Tibetan Plateau averages over 4,500 m in elevation.

China's railway network could circle Earth twice, with over 150,000 km of track.

Paper, printing, gunpowder, and the compass — the Four Great Inventions — all originated in China.

China plants more trees than the rest of the world combined, adding billions of trees annually.

221 BC: Qin Shi Huang unifies China and begins the first imperial dynasty

618: Tang Dynasty begins, ushering in a golden age of culture and trade

1644: Qing Dynasty established, the last imperial dynasty of China

1949: People's Republic of China founded under Mao Zedong

1978: Deng Xiaoping launches economic reforms and Opening Up policy