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Name of currency: Renminbi (meaning "people's currency")

Basic unit: Yuan (CNY)

Symbol: ¥ (or 元)

China's capital is Beijing.

Explanation

• China has the world's biggest army by active military personnel.

Additional information:

Top Militaries by Active Personnel (2025 estimates): 

1. China: ~2.035 million
2. India: ~1.46 - 1.475 million
3. United States: ~1.3 - 1.4 million
4. North Korea: ~1.28 million
5. Russia: ~1.1 - 1.3 million

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• Marco Polo was a famous Venetian traveler and merchant.
• He traveled to China during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368).
• His accounts of China became famous in Europe.
• His travels are recorded in The Travels of Marco Polo.

Last verified on 06-09-2026

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• China’s President Xi Jinping declared a “complete victory” over extreme poverty on 25 February 2021.
• The poverty-eradication target was achieved by the end of 2020.
• The campaign lifted the final 98.99 million rural residents out of absolute poverty.
• 832 impoverished counties were removed from the official poverty list.

Last verified on 06-09-2026

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China launched Chang'e-6 mission to collect first samples from the moon's far side.

China launched its complex and ambitious Chang'e-6 mission to collect the first ever samples from the far side of the moon.

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