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China Numbers: Moutai, Migrants & Mistresses

 


The numbers making news around China during the week of Dec 24, 2012


12.5 billion yuan
Amount that Kweichow Moutai, a Chinese liquor company, saw its value drop on Monday after the Central Military Commission issued a ban on military receptions that feature liquor and luxury banquets. Shares in the company fell 5.5 percent on the same day. Xinhua

63 Percent
Proportion of the 61 corrupt officials busted by one Guangzhou anti-corruption unit who were found to have had mistresses or extra-marital affairs. The Telegraph

158.6 million
Number of migrant workers who had left their rural homes to take jobs in cities in 2011. Bloomberg

18.6 years
The average age that a female Shanghai student loses her virginity, according to a Shanghai pregnancy hotline. This is down from 19.5 in 2007. Shanghaiist  

50,000 kilometers
Anticipated length of China’s high-speed railway system by 2020. China Daily

189 million
Sales of smart phones in China this year, representing 137 percent year-on-year growth. M.I.C Gadget

54,000
Number of abducted children the government claims have been rescued from traffickers over the past two-and-a-half years. International Herald Tribune

 

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