The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
100
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
129
Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
131
The equivalents of the English saying "That's Greek to me" are "This appears to be Spanish" (German), "This is Chinese to me" (Dutch), "It's German to me" (Philippines), "It's Hebrew" (Finnish), "It's Chinese to me" (Hebrew), "Sounds like Mars language/These are chicken intestines" (China).
10
In 1911, pigtails were banned in China because they were seen as a link with its feudal past.
128
Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
29
In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
7