The People's Republic of China has international borders with 14 countries, more than any other, except Russia, which also has 14. With a land border of 22,117 kilometres (13,743 mi) in total it also has the longest land border of any country.
Below (listed in counter-clockwise order) is a table of countries who share a land border with China around its perimeter.
| Country | Length (km) |
|---|---|
| North Korea | 1416 |
| Russia (NE) | 3605 |
| Mongolia | 4677 |
| Russia (NW) | 40 |
| Kazakhstan | 1533 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 858 |
| Tajikistan | 414 |
| Afghanistan | 76 |
| Pakistan | 523 |
| India | 3380 |
| Nepal | 1236 |
| Bhutan | 470 |
| Burma | 2185 |
| Laos | 423 |
| Vietnam | 1281 |
Famous quotes containing the words borders of, borders and/or china:
“The bugle-call to arms again sounded in my war-trained ear, the bayonets gleamed, the sabres clashed, and the Prussian helmets and the eagles of France stood face to face on the borders of the Rhine.... I remembered our own armies, my own war-stricken country and its dead, its widows and orphans, and it nerved me to action for which the physical strength had long ceased to exist, and on the borrowed force of love and memory, I strove with might and main.”
—Clara Barton (1821–1912)
“Let the man stand on his feet. Let religion cease to be occasional; and the pulses of thought that go to the borders of the universe, let them proceed from the bosom of the Household.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Riot in Algeria, in Cyprus, in Alabama;
Aged in wrong, the empires are declining,
And China gathers, soundlessly, like evidence.
What shall I say to the young on such a morning?—
Mind is the one salvation?—also grammar?—
No; my little ones lean not toward revolt.”
—William Dewitt Snodgrass (b. 1926)