The numbers making news around China during the week of November 5^th, 2012

600 million
China’s middle class population by 2020, according to one government think tank chief. Xinhua

$160 billion
Money spent by government on Tianjin’s Yujiapu Development Zone – billed as “China’s Manhatten” - over the past three years alone. This is nearly triple the cost of the Three Gorges Dam. Reuters

2,998 yuan
Average monthly salary of an internet censor in Tianjin – over 1,000 yuan less than in neighboring Beijing. Youku Tudou, China’s largest online video company by revenue, is considering moving much of its censorship operations (300-400 people) there. Financial Times　

51 percent
Luxury goods in China cost 51 percent more than in the US. Caijing

82.6 million
Number of Chinese Communist Party members by the end of 2011. Nearly 17 million have been added over the last decade. Caijing

75 percent
Proportion of respondents to a China Youth Daily poll who said income inequality is China’s greatest problem. Shanghaiist

$1.48 trillion
China's local government debt at the end of September. China Daily

4
Number of ethnic minorities who have been promoted to China’s Politburo since 1949. None have made it on to the Standing Committee. Tea Leaf Nation