6/01Percentage change since 1995 in carbon emissions by the United States and China, respectively: +6, -15

World Resources Institute (Washington)

8/00Amount by which last year’s WTO accord is projected to increase annual U.S. grain sales to China: $1,000,000,000

U.S. Department of Agriculture

    Percentage of last year’s U.S. grain sales to the European Union this represents: 96

U.S. Department of Agriculture

1/06Number of manufacturing jobs that China has lost since 1996: 21,000,000

Judith Banister, Javelin Investments (Beijing)

2/04Number of factory jobs that China has lost since 1995: 25,000,000

Alliance Capital Management Corporation (N.Y.C.)

6/02Total amount of federal farm subsidies received by Kenneth Lay since 1996: $12,038

Environmental Working Group (Washington)