Full country name: People's Republic of China Area: 9,596,960 sq km (mainland) Population: 1.25 billion (mainland) Yikes! Capital city: Beijing (pop 13.8 million) People: Han Chinese (93%), plus 55 ethnic minorities Languages: Putonghua (Beijing Mandarin dialect), Cantonese Religion: Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism (no stats available); Muslim (14 million), Christian (7 million) Government: Communist republic Head of State: Jiang Zemin Women: