China,[h] officially the People's Republic of China (PRC),[i] is a country in East Asia. It is the second-most populous country after India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, representing 17% of the world's population. China borders fourteen countries by land[j] across an area of 9.6 million square kilometers (3,700,000 sq mi), making it the third-largest country by area.[k] The country is divided into 33 province-level divisions: 22 provinces,[l] 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities, a

China's Fertility Rate: A Regional Divide Explained

Episode 4 of our journey through China's 56 ethnic groups — and this might be the most underrated episode yet. Three groups that shaped Chinese civilization in ways most people never get credit for. 🌏 First — the Zhuang people. Here's the stat that stops everyone: the Zhuang are the largest ethnic minority in China, with over 18 million people. That's bigger than the entire population of the Netherlands. And yet outside of China, almost nobody has heard of them. The Zhuang have lived in what is