| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
IST (UTC+5:30) |
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| Currency | Renminbi (yuan)(¥) (CNY) |
Indian Rupee (₨) (₹) (INR) |
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| Demonym | Chinese |
Indian |
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| Internet TLD | .cn, .中國, .中国 |
.in , .gov.in , .nic.in |
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| Capital | Beijing, 39°55′N 116°23′E |
New Delhi |
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| Calling code | +86 |
+91 |
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| Official languages | Standard Chinese |
Hindi, English. Many others recognized as official. |
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| Largest city | Shanghai |
Mumbai |
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| Drives on the | right |
Left |
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| Literacy rate | 90% |
64% |
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| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a sovereign state located in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.35 billion. |
India (Hindi: भारत Bhārat; see also other names), officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a sovereign nation in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by geographical area. |
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| Muslim population (%) | 13.4 |
13.4 |
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| Government | Single-party socialist state |
Federal republic |
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| Religion Freedom | Religion is strictly controlled |
Full |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2013 estimate |
2006 estimate |
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| Hindu population (%) | 0 |
80.5% |
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| Religions | Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Islam |
Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, Christianity, etc. |
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| Official script | Simplified Chinese |
Devanagari |
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| Recognised regional languages | Mongolian, Tibetan, Uyghur, Zhuang, various others |
22 languages, namely, Assamese, Bodo, Bengali, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Manipuri, Maithili, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu and others. |
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| Legislature | National People's Congress |
Parliament |
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| Ethnic groups | 91.51% Han, 55 minorities[show] |
14 groups, majority belong to Indo-Aryan and Dravidian |
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