I kēia pule e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i kekahi mea o ko mākou ʻāina hānau—- ʻO ka Repubalika o Kina.

Aia ka Repubalika o Kina ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAsia, ma ke komohana o ka Pakipika. He ʻāina ākea ia, e uhi ana i 9.6 miliona kilomika kuea. ʻOi aku ka nui o Kina ma kahi o ʻumikumamāhiku manawa o Farani, 1 miliona kilomika kuea ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā ʻāina ʻEulopa āpau, a he 600,000 kilomika kuea ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o Oceania (ʻAukekulelia, Aotearoa, a me nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika hema a me waena). ʻO ka ʻāina ʻē aʻe ma waho, me nā wai ʻāina, nā wahi hoʻokele waiwai kūikawā, a me ka papa ʻāina, ʻoi aku ma mua o 3 miliona kilomika kuea, e lawe ana i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Kina i kokoke i 13 miliona kilomika kuea.

Ua kapa pinepine ʻia nā mauna Himalayan ma ke komohana o Kina ʻo ia ka hale o ka honua. ʻO ka mauna ʻo Qomolangma (i ʻike ʻia e ke Komohana ʻo Mount Everest), ʻoi aku ma mua o 8,800 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa o ka hale. Ke hohola nei ʻo Kina mai kona wahi komohana loa ma ka Pamir Plateau a hiki i ka hui ʻana o nā muliwai ʻo Heilongjiang a me Wusuli, 5,200 kilomita ma ka hikina.

Ke hoʻokipa nei ka poʻe noho ma ka hikina o Kina i ka wanaʻao, ke kū nei ka poʻe ma ke komohana o Kina i ʻehā hola o ka pouli. Aia ka wahi ʻākau loa ma Kina ma waenakonu o ka muliwai ʻo Heilongjiang, ma ka ʻākau o Mohe ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Heilongjiang.

Aia ke kiko hema loa ma Zengmu'ansha ma ka mokupuni ʻo Nansha, ma kahi o 5,500 kilomita ka mamao. I ka wā e paʻa mau ana ka ʻākau o Kina i ka honua o ka hau a me ka hau, ua pua mua nā pua ma ka hema ʻoluʻolu. ʻO ke Kai Bohai, ke Kai Melemele, ke Kai Hikina o Kina, a me ke Kai Hema o Kina e pili ana i ka hikina a me ka hema, e hui pū ana i kahi ʻāina kai ākea. Hoʻopili pololei ke Kai Melemele, ke Kai Hikina o Kina, a me ke Kai Hema o Kina me ka Moana Pākīpika, ʻoiai ʻo ke Kai Bohai, i apo ʻia ma waena o nā "lima" ʻelua o nā ʻāina ʻo Liaodong a me Shandong, e hana ana i kai mokupuni. Aia ka ʻāina kai o Kina he 5,400 mau mokupuni, nona ka huina o 80,000 kilomita kuea. ʻO nā mokupuni nui ʻelua, ʻo Taiwan lāua ʻo Hainan, e uhi ana i 36,000 kilomita kuea a me 34,000 kilomita kuea.

Mai ka ʻĀkau a i ke kūkulu hema, ʻo nā ʻauwai moana o Kina nā ʻauwai ʻo Bohai, Taiwan, Bashi, a me Qiongzhou. Loaʻa iā Kina he 20,000 kilomita o ka palena ʻāina, a me 18,000 kilomita o ke kahakai. Ke hele nei mai kekahi wahi ma ka palena o Kina a hana i kahi kaapuni piha i kahi hoʻomaka, ʻo ka mamao i hele ʻia e like me ke kaapuni ʻana i ka honua ma ka equator.

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