China By the Numbers

[Stepbrow]

The title explains the post. Not terribly exciting but interesting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8285357.stm

[david_dawei]

the one-child policy, which, they claimed, had prevented at least 250 million births over the past 20 years.

That's close to the US population alone. I think it's a stat we can really fathom until we face similar population pressures.