I kēia pule e kamaʻilio kākou e pili ana i kekahi mea o ko kākou ʻāina makuahine—-Ka Lepupalika Kanaka o Kina.

Aia ka Lepupalika Kanaka o Kina ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻAsia, ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka Pākīpika. He ʻāina ākea ia, e uhi ana i 9.6 miliona kilomika kilomika. He ʻumikūmāhiku paha ka nui o Kina i ko Farani, 1 miliona kilomika kilomika ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ko ʻEulopa a pau, a he 600,000 kilomika square ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, a me nā mokupuni o ka hema a me ka waena o ka Pākīpika). ʻO nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe o waho, me nā wai ʻāina, nā wahi hoʻokele waiwai kūikawā, a me ka papa ʻāina, ʻoi aku ma mua o 3 miliona mau kilomika square, e lawe ana i ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa o Kina i kahi kokoke i 13 miliona mau kilomita square.

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

Ke aloha nei ka poʻe noho o Kina hikina i ka wanaʻao, ke alo nei ka poʻe ma ke komohana o Kina i ʻehā mau hola o ka pouli. Aia ka lae akau loa ma Kina ma ka lae waena o ka muliwai Heilongjiang, ma ka akau o Mohe ma ka mokuna o Heilongjiang.

Aia ka lae hema loa ma Zengmuʻansha ma ka Mokupuni ʻo Nansha, ma kahi o 5,500 kilomita ka mamao. I ka wā e paʻa mau ai ka ʻĀkau Kina i ka honua hau a me ka hau, ua pua nā pua ma ka ʻaoʻao hema. ʻO ke Kai Bohai, ke Kai Melemele, ke kai Kina Hikina, a me ke Kai Kina Hema ka palena ʻo Kina ma ka hikina a me ka hema, a hui pū ʻia kahi ʻāpana moana nui. ʻO ke Kai Melemele, ke Kai Hikina Hikina, a me ke Kai Kina Hema e pili pono ana me ka Moana Pākīpika, aʻo ke Kai Bohai, i apo ʻia ma waena o nā "lima" ʻelua o nā peninsulas ʻo Liaodong a me Shandong, he kai mokupuni. Aia i loko o ka ʻāina moana o Kina he 5,400 mau mokupuni, nona ka nui o 80,000 mau kilomita square. ʻO nā mokupuni nui ʻelua, ʻo Taiwan a me Hainan, uhi ʻia 36,000 kilomika square a me 34,000 kilomika square.

Mai ka ʻĀkau a i ka hema, ʻo nā kowa moana o Kina ka Bohai, Taiwan, Bashi, a me Qiongzhou Straits. Loaʻa iā Kina he 20,000 kilomita o ka palena ʻāina, me 18,000 mau kilomita o ke kahakai. E hele ana mai kekahi lae ma ka palena o Kina a kaapuni holookoa i ka wahi i hoomaka ai, ua like ka mamao e hele ai me ka hoopuni ana i ka honua ma ka equator.

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