China Overview
Covering an area of 9.6 million square kilometers, China territory set on one-fifteenth of the world’s land mass, which put the country in the third position of world largest country ranks. China geographically is very mountainous over most of its territory, with mostly plateaus and mountains in the west to lower lands in the east. Three greatest river flows in China : The Yellow River (Huang He) with 5,464 km long; the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), is the third-longest river in the world with 6,300 km; and the Pearl River (Zhu Jiang) 2,197 km long.
Northern part of China consist of plateau and grassland such as Inner Mongolia, and the Gobi Desert in the far north. Eastern part of China facing East China Sea, Yellow Sea and South China Sea, with coastline about 18,000 kilometer. Southern China is dominated by hills and low mountain ranges. The Western part of China dominated by hilly and mountainous area, including The Himalayas.
China is one of the world's oldest civilizations and the oldest continuous civilization. The earliest recorded human settlements in what is today called China were discovered in the Huang He basin and date from about 5000 B.C. China also has one of the world's oldest written language systems, and is viewed as the source of many major inventions.
The modern China rise as the largest and most advanced economic growth in the world. China considered as the world’s top travel destinations, even more so since Beijing took centre stage at the 2008 Olympics, traveling to China is a mesmerize adventure.