| A | B |
| is called "China's sorrow" | Yellow River |
| products such as televisions, cars, motorcycles | consumer goods |
| largest ethnic group in China | Han Chinese |
| China claims it as its twenty-third province | Taiwan |
| desert in northern China | Taklimakan |
| its capital is Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia |
| high bank of soil along a river | dike |
| once controlled by the United Kingdom | Hong Kong |
| site of 1989 protest in China | Tiananmen Square |
| hottest area in China | Turpan Depression |