{China} Country is in east Asia. Old name was Cathay. It is also People's Republic of China.
regions
North China is arid. Many rivers run from Tibet to Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea and south Bay of Bengal. Karakorum is to west, east of Kunlun Mountains, where Khotan town is. Turkestan is north of Kunlun Mountains, with Tunhwang town. Gobi Desert is north of Great Wall of China and northeast of Turkestan, south of Mongolia. Manchuria is in northeast China, across Sea of Japan from Japan and north of Korea.
provinces
Major provinces are Honan, Kwantung, Kwangsi, Sinkiang, Hopei, Shantung, Szechwan, Tibet, and Inner Mongolia.
cities
Capital is Beijing. Main cities are Shenya in Manchuria, Dalian on Manchuria coast, Tientsin southeast of Beijing, Zibo southeast of Beijing on Yellow River, Jinan southeast of Beijing on Yellow River, Taiyuan south of Beijing, Xi'an in center, Wuhan on central Yangtze River, Nanjing on east Yangtze River, Shanghai at Yangtze River mouth, Shenzen just north of Hong Kong, and Canton north of Hong Kong.
rivers
It has Yellow River, Yangtze River, and north Mekong River.
{Japan} Four main islands are in east Asia, east of Korea: Honshu in center, Kyushu in south, Shikoku south of Honshu, and Hokkaido in north. Capital is Tokyo. Main cities are Kyoto in south Honshu, Hiroshima in southwest Honshu, and Osaka in south Honshu. It has Mt. Fuji in center.
{Korea} Country is peninsula in northeast Asia, between Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan.
{Mongolia} Country is in east Asia, between China and Russia. Capital is Ulan Bator. It has Gobi Desert.
{North Korea} Country is in northeast Asia. Capital is Pyongyang.
{Outer Mongolia} Country is in northeast Asia, between Russia and China.
{Republic of China} Island country is in east Asia, southeast of China. It is also Taiwan. Capital is Taipei.
{South Korea} Country is in northeast Asia. Capital is Seoul.
{Tibet} Former country is in south-central Asia, north of Himalayas and south of Kunlun Mountains, on Plateau of Tibet.
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