China's Diverse And Complex Geography

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China's diverse and complex geography and history make it difficult to summarize its culture. Much like the United States, it has a wide variety of climates, populations, and physical features that both limit and benefit China's citizens. The sheer size of China and its population creates numerous languages and dialects; this makes the country culturally diverse, and it also makes it more difficult to interact with others. The physical geography perhaps has affected China's culture most in its transportation, housing, and typical diet.

Arguably one of the most important focuses of a large country is transportation. China, being over nine million square miles, must have transportation to more remote parts of the country. For example, the

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