Borders of China
China shares international borders with 14 sovereign states. In addition, there is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) border with the special administrative region of Hong Kong, which was a British dependency before 1997, and a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) border with Macau, a Portuguese territory until 1999. With a land border of 22,117 kilometres (13,743 mi) in total it also has the longest land border of any country.
Map showing the de jure territorial claims of the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.
Countries sharing borders with China
Border marker of China.
The table below, is a table of countries and territories who share a land border with China around its perimeter. The numbers in parenthesis are their lengths in miles.[1]
| Country | Length ((km) and (mi)) | Notes |
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 Afghanistan | 76 (47) | |
 Bhutan | 470 (292) | Disputed; depends on the resolution of various territorial conflicts between Bhutan and China |
 India | 3488(2167) | Disputed; in three sections, separated by Nepal and Bhutan depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and China, and between India and Pakistan |
 Kazakhstan | 1,533 (952) | |
 Kyrgyzstan | 858 (533) | |
 Laos | 423 (262) | |
 Mongolia | 4,677 (2,906) | |
 Myanmar | 2,185 (1,357) | |
 Nepal | 1,440 (895) | |
 North Korea | 1,416 (879) | |
 Pakistan | 524 (326) | Depends on the resolution of territorial conflicts between India and Pakistan |
 Russia | 3,645 (2,264) | |
 Tajikistan | 414 (257) | |
 Vietnam | 1,283 (795) |
See also
- Territorial changes of the People's Republic of China
- Chinese–Korean border fence
- McMahon Line
- Tumen River
- Frontier Closed Area
References
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