06
Feb

2011

Sunday Statshot with Nick Chu

Post by Gondola Project

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

2011: Year of the rabbit

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

Length: 40 days

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

Equivalent: 25 million trees

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

Total length: 108km

Equivalent: 1.6x Toronto’s subway length built over 57 years

Biggest city planned: 42 million people

Size: 16,000 sq.mile

Equivalent: 26x greater London



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