2/86Price of a founding membership in the Beijing International Golf Club: $15,000

Beijing International Golf Club

12/91Price of a single-serving pizza at Beijing’s Pizza Hut, expressed as a portion of the average worker’s weekly salary: 1/5

Pizza Hut (Wichita, Kans.)/Chinese Consulate (N.Y.C.)

5/94Number of films designated as compulsory viewing for Beijing school children by the Chinese government last fall: 34

Beijing Daily

6/94Ratio of the size of the staff at the U.S. embassy in Paris to the size of the staff at the U.S. embassy in Beijing: 3:1

U.S. State Dept.

6/06Price for which China will rent out Beijing’s Great Hall of the People: $12,000

Administrative Bureau of the Great Hall of the People (Beijing)

11/08Number of the 77 applications to protest during the Beijing Olympics this summer that were denied: 1

Xinhua News Agency (Beijing)

    Number that were withdrawn by the petitioners or suspended for incorrect paperwork: 76

Xinhua News Agency (Beijing)

5/08Length, in miles, of Beijing’s newest airport terminal: 2

Foster + Partners (London)