A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not)
Happy Chinese New Year Edition!:
Rabbits are considered creative, passionate and sensitive - Image by Robobobobo
Year on Chinese calendar: 4708
Annual ritual before Chinese New Year: Chun Yun
Chun Yun: Family reuniting for celebrations
Largest human migration in the world: Chun yun
Number of people riding a train: 230 million
Equivalent: Indonesians (240 million) criss crossing country
Number of passenger journeys: 2.26 billion
Equivalent: Number of rail journeys in UK in 1 year
Number of disposable woodstick chopsticks used every year in China: 45 billion
Number of Chinese Internet users: 440 million
Equivalent: US population & Japan’s population
Dominant language on internet in 5 years: Chinese
Number of subway lines opened in Beijing in one day: 5
Equivalent: 1.6x Toronto’s subway length built over 57 years
Biggest city planned: 42 million people
Equivalent: 26x greater London