Travel Compass - Information on China

Capital: Beijing
Continent: Asia
Area: 9,596,960 km²
Population (2009): 1,338,612,968
Language: Mandarin
Telephone Country Code: +86
Time Zone: GMT +8
Current time: 10:28pm
Currency: Yuan
Travel Cost:

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= cheap;

= expensive)
Electricity: 220V
Electrical Socket:

Health precautions:
     Bilharzia
     Cholera
     Malaria
     Polio
     Rabies
     Typhoid
     Yellow Fever*
    *Vaccination certificate may be required if coming from infected area
Official Tourism Office website: en.cnta.gov.cn/lyen/
Main Attractions:
   Forbidden City
   Temple of Heaven
   The Great Wall
   Tomb of Qin Shihuang
   Yungang Caves

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