China is a very important place in the modern world. The country is massive and measures 9,600,000 square kilometres. It has a massive population: approximately 1.4 billion, the largest in the world. China has a fast growing economy. China is a beautiful country filled with large population and a strong cultural background. Though China was largely isolated from the rest of the world after the communist revolution, it has since opened its doors to the world once again. With the largest population of people in the world and the largest land area the the geography of China is as vast as it history. The history and cultural traditions of China have been studied and written about for a long time. China has beautifully colossal landscape and it is varied: high mountains to rainforests, cold deserts to fertile plains and great rivers, especially the Huang (Yellow River). There human landscapes which are also varied: the capital Beijing, and Shanghai to tiny rural villages. China has 668 cities in total. 13 of them have populations of more than 2 million people. These include: Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan, and Chengdu. The main religions of China are: Taoism and Buddhism. The main languages they speak are: Mandarin and Standard Chinese. The president is Hu Jintao. Main Crops are: Rice, wheat, potatoes, maize, tobacco, soybeans, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed, pork and fish. There national animal is the Panda. You can take a trip to the amazing and huge Great Wall of China.