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What is the total population of China?
1.4 billion
Which river basin saw the emergence of some of the earliest Chinese dynastic states?
Huang He (Yellow River)
Which city is the national capital of China?
Beijing
During which period did China witness significant conflict and the emergence of Classical Chinese literature and philosophy?
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In which era was China unified under an emperor for the first time?
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What is the approximate percentage of the global population that speaks a variety of Chinese as their first language?
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Which language family does Chinese belong to?
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Which spoken variety of Chinese has the highest number of speakers?
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How many main regional groups are posited based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese?
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Which branch of Chinese has subgroups that are unintelligible with the other varieties within the same branch?
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