The numbers making news during the week of October 8, 2012

100,257
Number of existing homes sold so far this year in Beijing as of October 8^th. This represents a 6.4 percent increase over the same time last year. Xinhua

$1.2 billion
Cost of top secret radar base in Taiwan that the defense ministry complains is shown clearly on Apple Maps. It has asked Apple to lower the resolution on the satellite image. Business Insider

89 percent
Proportion of Chinese doctors who have thought about leaving the profession, according to a 2008 medical website survey. Economic Observer

$230 million
Amount a toll bridge in Henan, nicknamed “the bloodsucker,” made from 1996 to 2008. The bridge’s operator recently acknowledged that they could no longer charge tolls. Wall Street Journal

6.28
Conversion rate of the Renminbi to US dollar on Thursday - its strongest position in 19 years. Bloomberg

$2.2 million
Amount a family from Hong Kong paid an educational consultant to get their two sons in to Harvard. Both failed to make the cut. Boston Globe