Official nameZhonghua Renmin Gonghe Guo (People's Republic of China)CapitalBeijing (Peking)Population estimate (2015)1,376·05 millionInternet domain extension.cnCurrencyThe currency is called Renminbi (i.e. People's Currency). The unit of currency is the yuan (CNY) which is divided into ten jiao, the jiao being divided into ten fen.TerritoryChina is bounded in the north by Russia and Mongolia; east by North Korea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea; south by Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan and Nepal; west by India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.LanguagesA number of widely divergent varieties of Chinese are spoken, including the official Modern Standard Chinese, Mandarin, Wu language and Cantonese.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London Synonyms and related words