China

China, officially The People's Republic of China (PRC), is the largest country in East Asia, with a smaller proportion of its area located in Central Asia.The PRC was officially founded as a state on October 1, 1949 in Beijing, its capital, during the closing stages of the Chinese Civil War.The PRC is currently the world's fourth largest economy and second largest at purchasing power parity, third largest exporter and importer, consumes a third of the world's steel and almost half of the world's concrete, and represents China as a permanent member of the UN Security Council and APEC. The PRC's landscape is extremely varied, with mostly desert in the north, high humidity and mountains in the east, and dry arid environments in the west. Country Code: 86