The numbers making news around China during the week of September 9, 2013
30 percent
Proportion of Chinese who cannot speak Mandarin. Times of India
10 million
Number of couples that get married in China each year. China’s wedding industry is now estimated to be worth $57 billion. Bloomberg Businessweek
51.7 percent
Proportion of closeted LGBT individuals who don’t reveal their sexual orientation for fear of missing out on promotions at work. Tea Leaf Nation
93rd
China’s ranking in overall happiness and life satisfaction among 156 countries surveyed by Columbia University. CNN
22.2 percent
Proportion of Chinese men who admit to having committed rape, according to a United Nations survey. BBC
157
Current number of Chinese U.S. dollar billionaires - up from 147 in 2012. Quartz
2,000 yuan
Amount passengers can be fined starting in 2014 for smoking on a train. eChinacities