
2.8 mln tons of algae
…removed from Taihu Lake since 2007
China.org
1,600 Chinese characters
The number of Chinese characters that Chinese primary school students have to be able to write, which has been reduced by 400. The number they need to recognize, however, has been raised to 2,500.
QQ
30 Monitoring Stations
...set up by the Beijing government to collect data on the concentration of PM2.5 particles (those smaller under 2.5 micrometers) in air around the city.
China Radio International
770 million people
…watched the Spring Festival Gala on television.
Sina
30,000 experts
…will be dispatched to junior levels of government where they can share they expertise.
China Radio International
9,746 yuan
The priced charged by a restaurant on the island of Hainan for seven dishes during the Spring Festival.
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325 million overweight Chinese
Sohu
5 months
…of consecutive falls in the average home price for 100 major Chinese cities.
Wall Street Journal