文档介绍：China Program Orientation: Chinese Culture 中国文化 For Students Going to China to Study Dr. MA Yan 马焰 Director, the Confucius Institute at URI Graduate School of Library and Information Studies Email: ******@ LSC590 Chinese Information Services Location: China When friends gather round from afar do we not rejoice? By , LunYu Confucius Land . 9,364 km 2 China 9,597 km 2 Land Map of China / Interactive Map of China http://china./map/ Time Zones . 8 time zones China 1 time zone Chinese Cities and Provinces China is administratively divided into 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 centrally administrative municipalities * and 2 special administrative regions (SAR) ** y/ Population . 300,000,000 China billion 56 minority groups Land and Population Washington DC: Land: 177 km 2 Population: 599,657 Beijing: Land: 16,801 km 2 Population: 22 million (2010) Land and Population New York City: Land: 830 km 2 Population: million Shanghai: Land: 7337 km 2 Population: million (2010)