Chinese Location and Territory
2 min read1）Location
China is located in eastern Asia，on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.The total land area of China is 9，600，0001）square kilometers，slightly smaller than that of Europe，and it is the largest country in Asia and the third largest country in the world next only to Russia and Canada.
2）Territory
From east to west，the territory of China extends from the confluence of the Heilong River and Wusuli River to the Pamirs，which covers a distance of about 5，200 kilometers；from north to south，China stretches from the center of the Heilong River north of the town of Mohe to the Zengmu Reef at the southernmost tip of the Nansha Islands，covering a distance of about 5，500kilometers.
China shares a boundary of some 22，800 kilometers，bordered by North Korea to the east；Mongolia to the north；Russia to the northeast；Kazakhstan，Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the northwest；Afghanistan，Pakistan，India，Nepal and Bhutan to the west and southwest；and Myanmar，Laos and Vietnam to the south.Across the seas to the east and southeast are the South Korea，Japan，the Philippines，Brunei，Malaysia and Indonesia.
3）Territorial Waters and Island
The Chinese mainland is flanked to the east and south by the Bohai Sea as China’s continental sea，Yellow Sea，East China Sea and South China Sea as marginal seas of the Pacific Ocean.The coastline of China’s mainland is about 18，000 kilometers，with a flat topography and many excellent ice-free docks and harbors.
China’s territorial waters are 4.73 million square kilometers. There are many islands lying offshore of China, the largest of which are Taiwan Island with an area of about 36,000 square kilometers, and Hainan Island with an area of 34,000 square kilometers. There are a lot of archipelagoes such as the Zhoushan Islands and the islands in the East and South China Seas.
There are a number of peninsulas along the coast; the largest ones are the Shandong Peninsula, Liaodong Peninsula and Leizhou Peninsula.
