The numbers making news around China during the week of Jan 28, 2013
76,100 feet
Height the documents destroyed by the Hong Kong government since July would reach if they were stacked together. Wall Street Journal
3.8 billion tons
Amount of coal that China burned in 2011. By comparison, the rest of the world combined burned 4.3 billion tons. Washington Post
$108 billion
China’s officially declared military spending last year, an 11.2 percent increase from the previous year. South China Morning Post
$1.47 trillion
Estimated size of China’s “gray economy,” indicating that many of China’s wealthy engage in clever accounting to disguise their true net worth. The Atlantic
320,000 yuan
Amount that real estate billionaire Huang Yubiao paid in bribes to Hunan provincial people's congress deputies in a failed attempt to win a seat on the body. South China Morning Post
53
Number of New York Times employees who allegedly had their personal computers compromised by hackers originating in China over the past four months. New York Times
20 million
Number of surveillance cameras the government has installed around the country in recent years. NPR
14.7 percent
Amount the struggling Chinese sports retailer Li Ning saw its share price drop last Friday after revealing it needed to raise more money to complete a restructuring plan. Financial Times