You'll never guess. Fidelity International lists some key facts on China as vice premier Li KeQiang leads a group of government officials and business leaders visiting the UK this week.
The following are according to the latest entries in the CIA World Factbook, which may or may not be more reliable than wikipedia. First, the headline facts: Population: 1.3bn Land Area: 9.6m sq km 2009 GDP: US$4.98trn 2009 GDP per capita: US$6,700 Urban population: 43% Literacy: 91.6% Arable land: 14.9% Population aged over 65: 8.1% Life expectancy at birth: 74.5 years 2009 Labour force: 813.5 million Oil consumption: 8.2 million barrels/day Airports: 502 Some more facts Chinese premier Deng Xiaoping introduced a programme of free-market reforms in 1978. Between 1978 and 2008, Ch...
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