I have been reading a book that i picked up in Hangzhou last month called "The balace sheet CHINA"
1. China has grown 10% per year for the last 3 decades.
2. It has lifted more than 400 million people out of poverty but 415 million still remain.
3. There are 300,000 us dollar millionaires in China today.
4. Social unrest is on the rise from some 8,700 incidents reported in 1993 compared to 87,000 reported "public disturbances" in 2005.
5. There are 390 million mobile phone subscribers and 111, million internet users.
6. There are only 120,000 registered laywers which is only 12,000 law firms.
7. China is the world's 4th largest economy, but it's per capita income is ranked around 100th in the world.
8. China borders 14 other countries extending 13,700 miles but has never fought a war since basically 1979.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
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