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Correction for the size of China

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How big is 1,717,854.30 square kilometers?
It's about one-fifth as big as China
The size of China is about 9,596,961 square kilometers.
(a.k.a. People's Republic of China, a.k.a. 中华人民共和国, a.k.a.中華人民共和國 , a.k.a. Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghég) (UN mainland area figure)
Mainland China, as measured by the United Nations (excluding China's Special Administrative Regions — Hong Kong and Macau — and disputed territories such as Taiwan, Askai Chin, and the Trans-Karakoram Tract), occupies 9,596,961 sq. km in total area . China is the the most populous country in the world and the third or fourth largest (depending on areas included in the measurement) in total area.
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