[00:00.00]UNIT 12 Lesson 45
[00:05.85]1.1 Area:
[00:09.21]China is a very large country.
[00:11.81]Its area is about 9.6 million square kilometers.
[00:16.39]It is the third largest country in the world.
[00:20.49]Name:
[00:21.95]China is also called the People's Republic
[00:24.62]of China.
[00:25.95]The Chinese name means "central Iand".
[00:29.88]Capital:
[00:31.45]Beijing is the capital of China.
[00:34.22]It is in the north of the country.
[00:36.92]It's the second largest city in the country
[00:39.55]with a population 12 million.
[00:42.75]Population:
[00:44.58]More people live in China
[00:46.38]than in any other country.
[00:48.69]More than 1.26 billion people-
[00:52.24]over one fifth of the world's population -
[00:56.04]live in China.
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