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Borders of China

Borders of China

Political land boundaries between China and neighboring territories

The People's Republic of China shares land borders with 14 countries (tied with Russia for the most in the world): North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. The land borders, in counterclockwise order from northeast to southwest, include the China–North Korea border, the eastern segment of the China–Russia border, the China–Mongolia border, the western segment of the China–Russia border, the China–Kazakhstan border, the China–Kyrgyzstan border, the China–Tajikistan border, the China–Afghanistan border, the China–Pakistan border, the western segment of the China–India border, the central segment, the China–Nepal border, the Sikkim segment of the China–India border, the China–Bhutan border, the eastern segment of the China–India border, the China–Myanmar border, the China–Laos border, the China–Vietnam border. In addition, there is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) internal border with the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was a British dependency before 1997, and a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) internal border with Macau, a Portuguese territory until 1999. At 22,117 kilometres (13,743 mi), China has the longest land borders of any country.[citation needed]

Style of China's boundary marker.
Sino-Russian border railway port at Manzhouli.
Models of the Sino-Russian border port in Manzhouli from various historical periods displayed in the square.
The northernmost point of China, north of Mohe in Heilongjiang, with Russia on the other side of the fence.
Aerial view of Sinuiju in North Korea from Dandong, China, with the Sino-Korean Friendship Bridge and the Yalu River on the China-North Korea border.
Chung Ying Street at the border of Shenzhen and Hong Kong
Border guard booth on Lovers South Road in Zhuhai, with Macao
The Red River, the border between China and Vietnam.
The Sino-Nepalese border passes through Mount Everest.
The Khunjerab Pass, at the border between China and Pakistan.
China's northernmost border in the middle of the Amur River north of Mohe City

Countries and regions sharing land borders with China

The table below, is a table of countries and territories who share a land border with China around its perimeter. In parentheses are their lengths in miles.[1]

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China Rim

See also: Necklace of Diamonds, Indo-Pacific, and Asia-Pacific

The region of all countries bordering China is sometimes referred to by scholars as the China Rim,[2][3][4] or simply as China's periphery (Chinese: 中国周边).[5] The China Rim plays a significant role in competition between other countries and China, as is the case with America's China Containment Policy.[6] Significant competition took place between America and China in the region after the middle of the 20th century.[7][8][9] Currently, a greater level of scrutiny and competition are happening around the maritime portion of the rim (particularly Taiwan and Maritime Southeast Asia).[10]

Relevant treaties

中俄边界谈判史 Since 1689, the relevant treaties on the boundary of China are:

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See also

Annotation

  1. The legal land boundary of the Republic of China is still based on these treaties.

References

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