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From:	John(HI) (66.91.35.153)
Subject:	Some things you probably didn't know about China
Date:	May 5, 2008 at 5:48 pm PST

- China's one child policy created a generation of children that numbers 90 million.

- 119 baby boys are born for every 100 girls.

- The number of unmarried young men - called bare branches, is predicted to be 30 million by 2020.

- 45 Percent of Chinese women surveyed say they do not want to give up their careers to get married.

- Three in ten Chinese families have grandparents living in the same household.

- Beijing enforces a one dog policy that prohibits pets more than 14 inches high.

- China is expected to overtake the U.S. as the world's largest economy in ten years.

- China has the world's highest number of annual deaths triggered by air pollution.

- Urban Chinese earn more than three times as much as those in rural areas; the highest income gap since the start of reforms in 1978.

- Public protests rose by 50 percent last year.

- One in four residents of Beijing is a migrant from the country.

- 67 percent of millionaires surveyed say they are sacrificing health for money.

- By 2050 close to a third of China's citizens will be over 60--three times the current population.

- With little social security and few pensions to ease the burden, China's children will have to support two parents (and in many cases, four grandparents).

- China has the same number of cars per capita as the United States did in 1915 --but it's racing ahead. China recently surpassed Japan as the second largest car market, after the U.S.

- China is the number one market for Rolls-Royce. Price of the most popular Rolls sold in China: $397,000.

- Number of McDonald's drive-ins in 2005: 1. Number expected by the end of 2008: 115.

- China is constructing the equivalent of two midsize coal-fired power plants each week--adding a capacity comparable to the entire U.K. power grid each year.

- China recently surpassed the U.S. in carbon dioxide emissions.

- Percent of the world's umbrellas made in China: 70

- Percent of U.S. shoes made in China: 50.

- Percent of U.S. toys made in China: 80

- Percent of U.S. artificial Christmas trees made in China: 85

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