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@FightPoverty (awesome social network for market-driven international development concerns)

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The Chinese government has established 282 Confucius Institutes, to promote Mandarin language learning, to date worldwide.

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Earlier this year, the total number of Chinese internet users surpassed the population of the United States.

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Today, 10% of Chinese are over 60. This number is projected to increase to 30% by 2050.

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In early 1970s, Chinese had an avg. of 5.8 children. Today, if it's 1.8 per couple rate continues, its pop. will decline 10 mill. per year.

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China is rethinking its one-child policy, with a rapidly aging population. Chinese have an average of 1.8 children, lower than in the US.

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8% of Shanghainese are unwilling to have a child, up 3.4 percentage points from 2003. Willingness to have children rises with income.

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In 2008, China accounted for 40% of world solar panel production. The global downturn has since plagued Chinese producers w/ overproduction.

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DC charter school enrollment is up 9% from last year.

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38.15% of DC public school students now attend a public charter school.

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This may be the first year in decades that D.C. public school enrollment is up--45,322 pupils this year vs. 44,681 pupils last year.

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300 million people in China--the equivalent of the population of the United States--lack health insurance.

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"How I Survived China" http://bit.ly/IwRzr

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http://www.bruceleefoundation.com/

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Sounds From Chinese Villages, Where Raucous Meets Holy - http://bit.ly/Q73pI

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Untouched by Time: Heshun, China - http://bit.ly/3TZKtB

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Learning to drink like a local in Qingdao, China - http://bit.ly/2seK07 #cnn

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The Gateway to the World Project seeks to share Chinese language, culture and history with Washington, DC’s youth,... http://bit.ly/2IeKf

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