3/94Estimated percentage change, since 1984, in the number of Chinese living in Moscow: +32,000

Russian Embassy (Washington)

6/93Amount spent in the last year on whirlpool tubs by Chinese Communist Party officials: $70,000

Sheryl WuDunn, New York Times (Beijing)

9/89Estimated number of government executions performed in China since 1983: 30,000

Amnesty International (Washington)

7/97Percentage change since 1995 in the number of Chinese Embassy staffers assigned to U.S. congressional relations: +100

Congressional Research Service

2/03Percentage change in the number of graduate degrees awarded in China since 1981: +680

Dr. Yugui Guo (North Potomac, Md.)