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Panda Cubs, Missing Females, and Mercedes Sales

12 panda cubs

...were all born at the panda breeding center in Chengdu this year were revealed to the public on Sept 26

China News


11 deaths (at least)

...of residents when their houses were demolished. The government said that 57 officials have been punished for their role in the forced demolitions, have of which it said were authorized but unnecessarily violent.

China Radio International  

 

30 minutes 

The time it took for tickets to Zhang Yimou's latest film to sell out. Flowers of War is scheduled for wider release in winter, but will be showing for a week at a single cinema in Beijing so that it can qualify for the 2012 Oscars, which only consider films that were released before October.  

 

 

Xinhua

Video

 

1% of Shanghai's population

...is from overseas

Global Times

 

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Report Food Safety Problems and get a 300,000 yuan reward
http://beijing.jinghua.cn/c/201109/23/n3474282.shtml
Statistics released by the General Administration of Customs on Friday show that milk powder imports to China set a new record each year since 2008. The number surged to 414,000 tons in 2010, tripling that of 2008. In the first three months of this year, 166,000 tons were imported.
http://www.china.org.cn/business/2011-09/17/content_23437017.htm
Rent a foreigner
Zatkin was paid 2,000 yuan (about $300) to fly, along with a couple of Russian models, to a small city in the central province of Henan where he delivered a speech for the grand opening ceremony of a jewelry store there.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/06/29/china.rent.white.people/index.html
0.1 RMB
price of identity data
A man surnamed Zhao has been arrested for illegal online identity trade, the People¡¯s Daily reported Friday, and the sheer scale of his business is mind-boggling. On a hard drive found in Zhao¡¯s office, police found the personal information of several million people. The shop, headquartered in an office building in a district in the south of the capital, offered the data for just Rmb0.1 per set, and discounts and free extras were given for bulk orders.
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/09/23/china-hacking-gets-industrialised/

300,000 yuan 

The new, higher reward for Beijingers reporting dangers to food safety.

Beijing Times

 

414,000 tons

..of milk powder were imported by China in 2010, triple the 2008 quantity. 

China.org

 

2,000 yuan

The fee paid to a white-skinned foreigner for flying to a small city in Henan, accompanied by two Russian models, and delivering a speech at a jewelry store opening.

CNN

 

0.1 RMB per set of data

The price charged by Mr Zhao, who has been arrested for illegal online identity trade. At his office in the south of Beijing, police found a hard drive with the personal information of several million people. Zhao offered discounts and free extras were given for bulk orders.

Financial Times 

 

$3.8 billion worth of Apple products

...were sold in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan in the three months ending June 25. The sales were up more than six-fold from last year, with new Chief Executive Tim Cook saying that the company is merely "scratching the surface" when it comes to reaching its potential in the Chinese market.

Wall Street Journal

 

23% of local government loans

 ..., worth 2.5 trillion yuan, depend on sales of land for repayment, according to the National Audit Office. Some analysts say the real percentage is much higher. 

Wall Street Journal

 

1.1 million "missing" female babies

...in China in 2008, according top the World Development Report from the World Bank. The report suggests many of these were victims of female feticide, the unlawful selective abortion of female fetuses. 

Wall Street Journal\'s India Real Time Blog

 

41% more Mercedes-Benz

 ...were bought by Chinese between January and August this year than in the same period of 2010. This year, 123,590 vehicles were sold.

Wall Street Journal

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