2/99Estimated number of Chinese who die each day from smoking-related illnesses: 2,000

Embassy of China (Washington)

6/97Portion of California’s revenue between 1852 and 1870 that came from taxes paid by Chinese laborers: 1/2

Professor Ronald Takaki, University of California at Berkeley

7/97Rank of chicken feet among Chinese moviegoers’ favorite snacks: 1

Food & Wine magazine (NYC)

9/85Number of Chinese Communist Party and government officials forced to retire since 1981: 900,000

New York Times

5/08Portion of all Chinese cancer deaths that are pollution-related, according to the government: 7/10

State Environmental Protection Administration (Beijing)