Syria is 141 times larger than Qidong, Jiangsu (China).
Area: 185,180 km2 World Factbook
Population: 17,951,639 (July 2014) World Factbook
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. Wikipedia
Area: 1,311 km2 calculated
Qidong is a county-level city under the administration of Nantong, Jiangsu province, China. It is located on the north side of the Yangtze River opposite Shanghai and contains the province's easternmost point. It has a population of 1.12 million. The center of the city is named Huilong Township. Wikipedia