China is situated in the eastern part of Asia, on the west coast of the Pacific
Ocean China has a total land area of 9 6 million square kilometres, next only to
Russia, Canada and USA in size.
The nation is bordered by Korea in the east; Mongolia in the north; Russia in
the northeast; Kazakhstan, Kirghizia and Tadzhikistan in the northwest;
Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan in the west and
southwest; and Myanmar, Laos and Viet Nam in the south