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China is one of the biggest country in the world. Here you have some information about this country:

Chinese cuisine is highly diverse: Rice, noodles, soybeans (tofu) and wheat are the staple food, but pork is the most popular meat.
Cuju is an ancient Chinese ball game. It is a competitive game that involves kicking a ball through an opening into a net. The use of hands is not allowed.
Wushu (known in Europe as Kung fu) (武术) are fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in China.
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials. Its measure is 21,196 km!
The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty.
A well-educated Chinese reader today recognizes approximately 4,000–6,000 characters; approximately 3,000 characters are required to read a Mainland newspaper.

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The pipa is a four-stringed Chinese musical instrument, belonging to the plucked category of instruments. Sometimes called the Chinese lute, the instrument has a pear-shaped wooden body with a arying number of frets ranging from 12 to 26.

The erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle".

The xiao is a Chinese vertical end-blown flute. It is generally made of dark brown bamboo (called "purple bamboo" in Chinese). The xiāo is a very ancient Chinese instrument.

Peking opera or Beijing opera is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century. Masks are used in the opera; each color has a different meaning.

The Capital City is Tokyo (with a population of 9 millions)

Its total population is 126 millions of people!!

It's an archipelago of 6852 islands.

The actual emperor is Akihito

Official language: Japanese

Currency: Yen (1 yen=0.0071€)

Religion: Buddhism, Shinto (1% Christians)

Japanese cuisine is based on combining staple foods, typically Japanese rice or noodles, with a soup — dishes made from fish, vegetable, tofu and the like – to add flavor to the staple food. They eat more fish than meat. They even eat seaweeds, for example, in sushi.
Anime are Japanese animated productions usually featuring hand-drawn or computer animation, with a style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastic themes. The anime industry consists of over 430 production studios including major names like Studio Ghibli, Gainax and Toei Animation.
The Sumo is a competitive full-contact wrestling sport where a wrestler attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring.
Kendo: meaning "Way of The Sword", is a modern Japanese sport/martial art, which descended from swordsmanship and uses bamboo swords, and protective armour.
Geisha are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance and games.