Today's alarming statistics

Es lebe Googlemail: Ueber das Jahr haben sich so einige Newsletter der Webseite beijinger.com in meinem Postfach angesammelt. Hier ein paar interessante Beitraege zur woechentlich erscheinenden "alarmierenden Statistik" (ich korrigiere: 1 Euro sind ca. 10 RMB):

34 billion
The amount in RMB that the city government plans to spend on tranportation over the next 5 years

113
Minutes it took a reporter to do a lap of the Second Ring Road on the number 800 bus during the first morning peak hour after Olympic traffic restrictions were lifted

230,000
Number of people in Beijing living on less than RMB 390 a month

10
Perecentage of Beijing's primary and high school students with good eyesight

605
The number of drivers that have been finded for breaking the new traffic regulations in Chaoyang district since the ban took effect on Oct 11 (geschrieben am 07.11.)

46.5
The percentage of Beijing's 90,000 sex workers that use condoms

24,000,000
Estimated unemployed population of 2009 in China

65,970
Number of vehicles registered in Beijing in the first 45 days of the year (geschrieben am 19.02.)

64
Number of applications for The Best Job in the World that originated from Beijing

37,500
The number of "dangerous items" that have been siezed at Beijing's subway security check points since they were set up at the end of June last year. (12.03.)

353,800
Number of Huangbiao Che or cars not meeting Euro I emission standards that, as of Jan 1, are forbidden from being driven within the Fifth Ring Road

60,000
Number of alernate-energy vehicles to take to China's roads by 2012 according to Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang

143,000
Number of Beijingers with a net worth of over 10 million RMB

RMB 32,328
The amount, per square meter, that property developer SOHO China Ltd. has been allowed to buy properties around the Qianmen area

350+ million
The number of smokers in China, whose numbers grow at an annual
rate of three million. For comparison purposes, the U.S.A. has a population of 303 million
Kurze Zwischenfrage: Wenn China zu Nikotinpflastern verpflichtet, darf es dann die CO2 Zertifikate weiterverkaufen?

45 Billion
In China alone, the estimated number of pairs of disposable chopsticks that are used and thrown away annually

20 percent
Percentage of RMB bills found to contain traces of cocaine in a recent study by the American Chemical Society

27:1
The home price to annual income ratio in Beijing – five times the international average