OFFICIALLY THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA  EMERGED AS ONE OF THE WORLD’S FIRST CIVILIZATIONS  WITH A HISTORY OF OVER 3,000 YEARS, IN THE FERTILE BASIN OF THE YELLOW RIVER IN THE NORTH CHINA PLAIN. CHINA IS THE LARGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD (BY PPP) SINCE 2014, THE SECOND-LARGEST BY NOMINAL GDP SINCE 2010, THE WORLD’S LARGEST MANUFACTURING ECONOMY SINCE 2010, AND THE SECOND-WEALTHIEST NATION IN THE WORLD. CHINA’S AWESOME AND MONUMENTAL ANCIENT TREASURES EXCEED ALL OTHER COUNTRIES FOR SIZE AND NUMBER — FROM ANCIENT PALACES TO THE GREAT WALL, CITY WALLS, BURIED ARMIES, CANALS, PAGODAS, TEMPLES, AND GIANT BUDDHAS. CHINESE FOOD IS FAMOUS WORLDWIDE, YOU CAN FIND WORLD’S GREATEST VARIETY OF CUISINE IN CHINA CONSIDERING ITS MAGNITUDE, IT IS NO WONDER THAT CHINA BORDERS SO MANY COUNTRIES, WITH A TOTAL LAND BORDER LENGTH OF 22,116 KM (MORE THAN HALFWAY ROUND THE PLANET). CHINA BORDERS 14 COUNTRIES VIZ AFGHANISTAN, BHUTAN, INDIA, KAZAKHSTAN, NORTH KOREA, KYRGYZSTAN, LAOS, MONGOLIA, MYANMAR (BURMA), NEPAL, PAKISTAN, RUSSIA, TAJIKISTAN, AND VIETNAM.