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CHINA

Capital : Beijing (Peking)

Language : Northern Chinese (Mandarin)

Major Religion : Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism

Population : 1,236,260,000 buhzillion

Currency : Fen (100 fen = 10 jiao = 1 renminbiao or "People's Bank Dollar")

GNP : $1,055,400 million ($860 per person—slightly better than Bolivia)

Selected Crops : Taro, jute, jute substitutes, dry nuts

Selected Industrial Products : Rayon, inhumane sweat shops, plywood, lead

Rationale For Targeting : Jeff's story "The Maxibustian Affair" would be perfect for the journal Zhangguo Zhenjiu (Chinese Acupuncture and Maxibustion).

Fun Fact : One of China's biggest fish catches (253.5 metric tons in 1996) is yellow croaker (figures on catches of threadfins and tasselfishes are unavailable at this time). The number for the Ministry of Bone-Crushing Repression (aka the Ministry of State Security) is (10) 65244702. Ring them up and see what happens. Something funny always does.

[Note: All country-specific information derives from The Europa World Year Book, 1999, Volumes I and II, 40th edition, from Europa Publications.]