More (less than) fun facts about China

- There are nearly 40 million more men than women in China. Still, it is mighty popular to abort female fetuses in China.

- China has the world's largest shopping mall. Located in Dongguan, with a vacancy rate of 99% since its opening in 2005!

- Close to 10 000 Chinese inhabitants end up in so-called "black prisons" each year. Illegal and secret prisons where people (mostly dissidents) are held prisoners for months and subjected to physical mistreatment and psykist.

- If the average Chinese person spent his entire annual income, an annual salary, to buy space in Beijing he could barely get over 1 sq. Average wages per capita is 2000 yuan / month. The average price per sq in Beijing is at 26 000 yuan.

- China has about half a billion pigs. It is more than the next 43 (!) pork-producing countries have together. U.S. has about 65 million units.

- The Chinese together consume about 3 million cigarettes per minute.

- 80% of all "American" toys are manufactured in China.

- It is planning a "New Orient Express", a fast train to go between Beijing and London. trip expected to take two days. The flight takes about 10 hours.

- China's huge Gobi desert is now as large as Peru and adding an area 60 of Manhattans every year.

- Beijing Olympic Games was the most expensive so far been with an estimated cost around EUR 25 billion. Twice as much as the previous most expensive Olympic Games. The ongoing World Expo in Shanghai is expected to be even more expensive and cost approximately EUR 33 billion.