On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 7:40 PM, Mudassar Malik <mmalik.vu@gmail.com> wrote:
China Facts 2010 & 2011 = Did You Know That ...?
China has 19% of the world's population, but consumes
... 53% of the world's cement
... 48% of the world's iron ore
... 47% of the world's coal
... and the majority of just about every major commodity.
In 2010, China produced 11 times more steel than the United States.
New World Record: China made and sold 18 million vehicles in 2010.
There are more pigs in China than in the next 43 pork-producing
nations combined.
China currently has the world's fastest train and the world's largest
high-speed rail network.
China is currently the number one producer in the world of wind and solar power.
China currently controls more than 90% of the total global supply of
rare earth elements.
In the past 15 years, China has moved from 14th place to 2nd place in
the world in published scientific research articles.
China now possesses the fastest supercomputer on the globe.
At the end of March 2011, China accumulated US$3.04 trillion in
foreign currency reserves - the largest stockpile on the entire globe.
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