China is the new emerging superpower of our world. This country is one of the most diverse countries on our planet. China is home to more than 1.3 billion citizens and is the second largest country in terms of geographical area. China has a vast and varies landscape. In the north, the forest steppes, Gobi and Taklamakan deserts occupy the arid north and northwest. In the south, wet subtropical forests are in abundance. The western China is mainly dominated by the towering Himalayas, Karakorum, Pamir and Tian Shah Mountains. The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, the third- and sixth-longest in the world, have their sources in the Tibetan Plateau and continue to the densely populated eastern seaboard. China’s coastline along the Pacific Ocean is 14,500 kilometres long and is bounded by the Bohai, Yellow, East and South China Seas. One of the world's earliest civilizations, the Chinese Civilization, flourished in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain.