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| | The Harbinger. A Letter from China: China Demographics. |
 | | Alone, no Chinese language expertise, never been to China or even the Orient, little knowledge of Chinese culture except ancient hearsay stories of rickshaws, Chinese women with tiny feet, men with stringy goatees, families with multitudes of children (none of which are now true), and visions of rice paddies dancing in my head. |
 | | China, with nearly 3.7 million square miles (9.6 million sq km) is the third largest country in land mass, just slightly larger than USA, but it has more than twice the population. |
 | | China has 22 provinces, three municipalities, five autonomous regions (including Tibet) and is bordered by no less than 14 nations and four different seas. |
| www.theharbinger.org /xix/000905/pinson.html (753 words) |
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