Q 01/05

Which city gives its name to China's one official time, kept across a country five time zones wide?

A) Tianjin

B) Beijing

C) Wuhan

D) Guangzhou

Answer · why

B) Beijing

Beijing Time, set at UTC+8, is China's only official time, making it the largest country to keep a single time zone. In the far west, people run their...

Q 02/05

Which country matches China's total of 14 land neighbours, more than any other nation has?

A) Russia

B) Brazil

C) Germany

D) Turkey

Answer · why

A) Russia

Russia and China each share land borders with 14 countries, more than any other nation. China's land frontier runs about 22,000 km, from North Korea r...

Q 03/05

Which country overtook China in 2023 to become the world's most populous, by UN estimates?

A) Indonesia

B) Nigeria

C) India

D) Bangladesh

Answer · why

C) India

India passed China in 2023, when its population reached about 1.43 billion. China's own numbers had started falling in 2022, the first decline since 1...

Q 04/05

Which river, third longest in the world, drains about one-fifth of China's land?

A) Mekong

B) Pearl

C) Yellow

D) Yangtze

Answer · why

D) Yangtze

The Yangtze runs more than 6,000 km from the Tibetan Plateau, and nearly a third of China's people live in its basin. It is also the largest river to ...

Q 05/05

Which peak, called Qomolangma in Tibetan, has a summit that marks part of the China–Nepal border?

A) Everest

B) Lhotse

C) Makalu

D) Cho Oyu

Answer · why

A) Everest

Everest was remeasured in 2020 by a joint Chinese and Nepalese survey, which set its official height at 8,848.86 metres. The two countries had long di...