Statistics

National Geographic's May 2008 issue is all about China. LiLi's hometown of Anshan, with all its pollution, is featured on page 63. According to the magazine, "China is expected to overtake the US as the world's largest economy in ten years." And with that comes the struggle: "China has the world's highest number of annual deaths triggered by air pollution."
Other statistics:

Percent of US shoes made in China: 72
Year by which China is expected to have more cars than the US does now: 2025
Number of McDonald's drive-throughs in China in 2005:1
Number expected by the end of 2008: 115