https://www.scmp.com/rss/329915/feed Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. $60: The cost of a new emergency use coronavirus vaccine in China.  The general public in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang can now get an “emergency use” coronavirus vaccine in the country’s first attempt to inoculate its population.  The vaccine will cost 400 yuan ($60) and will involve two shots administered 28 days apart.  The push for inoculation comes... https://www.scmp.com/health/inkstone-index-china-giving-its-vaccines-general-public/article/3107614?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/health/inkstone-index-china-giving-its-vaccines-general-public/article/3107614?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:12:53 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 7,000: The number of cars Tesla is shipping to Europe from China. Electric car maker Tesla is shipping its Chinese-made vehicles to Europe for the first time, signaling the US company’s intention to use China to fulfill global demand for them. It held a ceremony at its Shanghai factory on Monday to mark the first shipment of about 7,000 Model 3 sedans from the Chinese city to ten... https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-teslas-made-china-cars-are-heading-europe/article/3107225?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-teslas-made-china-cars-are-heading-europe/article/3107225?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:15:44 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 637 million: the number of domestic trips made during China’s “golden week” holiday. Some 637 million visits to tourist spots were made during an eight-day national holiday that began on October 1, China’s National Day. Dubbed “golden week,” the holiday was the longest of the year and the first long break since the Covid-19 epidemic was contained in China, allowing people to eat... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-post-covid-19-tourism-boom/article/3104898?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-post-covid-19-tourism-boom/article/3104898?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Oct 2020 10:26:25 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 73%: the share of Americans who hold negative views about China.  Negative views of China have reached record levels among the public in 14 developed countries, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted from June to August.  In the United States, 73% of the respondents have an unfavorable view of China, up 13 percentage points since just last year. When the survey was... https://www.scmp.com/politics/inkstone-index-americas-wary-eye-china/article/3104527?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/inkstone-index-americas-wary-eye-china/article/3104527?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Oct 2020 05:56:15 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. Two-thirds: How much of the nation’s wealth was controlled by China’s richest 10% in 2015.  In around 40 years, China has risen to become the world’s leading emerging economy. But the country’s exponential economic gains have been poorly distributed at home, creating a wealth gap almost as big as that found in America.  When the former leader Deng Xiaoping opened... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-almost-unequal-united-states/article/3104209?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-almost-unequal-united-states/article/3104209?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 06 Oct 2020 03:45:43 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 800: The number of calories in a lotus paste mooncake with double egg yolks. Chinese people eat more than a billion mooncakes around the annual Mid-Autumn Festival to celebrate the full moon and the coming together of families and friends. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. Its exact origin is a mystery, but people in China have been marking... https://www.scmp.com/food/inkstone-index-little-cake-full-love-delight-and-calories/article/3103639?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/food/inkstone-index-little-cake-full-love-delight-and-calories/article/3103639?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Oct 2020 07:48:00 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 24.6%: The percentage of Chinese factory workers that are older than 50. China’s factory workers are aging quickly. In 2009, 12.2% of factory workers in China were aged 50 years or older. By 2019, that number had grown to 24.6%.  At the same time, the percentage of young people – aged between 21 to 30 – fell from 35.8% to 23.1%, according to data compiled by the 21st... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinese-factory-workers-are-graying-quickly/article/3103329?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinese-factory-workers-are-graying-quickly/article/3103329?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:40:55 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. $28.6 billion: The combined worth of the 10 largest film companies in China.   Chinese film enterprises are minnows compared to their global competitors, despite enjoying the second-largest film market in the world. China’s top 10 most valuable film companies have market value a total of $28.6 billion, according to the Hurun Report. Yet that number is only a fraction of... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-top-players-film-industry/article/3102621?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-top-players-film-industry/article/3102621?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Sep 2020 03:43:48 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 773 million: the number of people using short-video apps in China.  The popularity of Chinese short-video platforms such as Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, has grown rapidly over the past five years.  The craze over seconds-long videos has turned farmers and delivery drivers into influencers and given rise to two Chinese unicorns.  China had more than 773 million short-video... https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-chinas-substantial-short-video-population/article/3102388?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-chinas-substantial-short-video-population/article/3102388?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Sep 2020 08:26:49 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 3.67 million: how many mobile apps are available in the Chinese market. Chinese app stores featured 3.67 million mobile apps as of December 2019, according to the state-run China Internet Network Information Center.  Games accounted for a quarter of the products, while apps that served as everyday tools made up 14% and e-commerce apps comprised 10% of the market, the data... https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-chinas-super-sized-mobile-app-market/article/3100856?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-chinas-super-sized-mobile-app-market/article/3100856?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:57:21 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 13%: the share of the Chinese population that has a passport. About one in eight Chinese people held a passport in 2019, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported. In other words, about 182 million people in the world’s second-largest economy can travel abroad, making tourists from China the world’s biggest spender in global tourism. Although the Covid-19 pandemic has halted... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-rise-chinese-tourists/article/3101151?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-rise-chinese-tourists/article/3101151?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:14:01 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 625 million: The number of basketball fans in China. It is no secret that China loves basketball. But just how big of a deal the sport is in the country? 625 million people call themselves fans of the sport, according to a 2018 industry report by China’s tech giant Tencent. Of that number, 143 million people in China, or slightly less than the entire population of... https://www.scmp.com/sports/inkstone-index-incredible-popularity-basketball-china/article/3100836?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/inkstone-index-incredible-popularity-basketball-china/article/3100836?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:51:05 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 177: the number of apps with links to China that are banned in India. India has banned 177 apps with links to China, including hit mobile games and payment services, as part of its retaliation against Beijing following a border stand-off. The latest ban of 118 apps, announced on September 2, covers some of the most used Chinese apps in the country, including Tencent’s smash-hit... https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-chinese-apps-banned-india/article/3100261?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-chinese-apps-banned-india/article/3100261?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:05:22 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. One year: How long China’s emergency food supply is expected to last. The Chinese government has stored a year’s worth of grains, the Chinese National Food and Strategic Reserve Administration said. The country stocks items such as wheat, rice, corn, cooking oil and pork. These reserves are released to the market in case of emergency and are used to manage food... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-stores-enough-food-last-year/article/3099898?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-stores-enough-food-last-year/article/3099898?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Sep 2020 03:44:54 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 90%: the percentage of e-cigarettes made in China.  About nine in 10 e-cigarettes sold globally are produced in China, mostly in the southern tech hub of Shenzhen.  The surging popularity of e-cigarettes, especially in America, has in recent years set off an investment frenzy around vaping products in Shenzhen. In 2018, the e-cigarette industry in China employed more than 2... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-center-worlds-e-cigarette-universe/article/3099653?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-center-worlds-e-cigarette-universe/article/3099653?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Sep 2020 07:03:07 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. $2.2 billion: how much the Japanese government is spending on incentives for companies to move production lines out of China.  The coronavirus pandemic has been a catalyst for Japan to become less reliant on producing in China. In April, the government set aside more than $2 billion from its $1.1 trillion economic relief package to attract companies back to Japan or to... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-how-japan-helps-businesses-rely-less-china/article/3098538?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-how-japan-helps-businesses-rely-less-china/article/3098538?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Aug 2020 04:49:32 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 373mph: the speed of the maglev train China is trying to build. The Chinese government is building high-speed maglev trains that can run at a speed of 373mph (600km/h) – approaching the record speed set by a train in Japan. Unlike conventional trains, which run on steel wheels on metal tracks, maglev trains hover above the track and are propelled forward by powerful... https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-china-racing-build-worlds-fastest-train/article/3098550?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-china-racing-build-worlds-fastest-train/article/3098550?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Aug 2020 06:42:10 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 11.4%: the share of adults in China who did not have an active bank account by 2018.  Having access to the banking system is a key indicator of financial inclusion. The World Bank views access to bank accounts as crucial for escaping poverty because it helps people prepare for emergencies, start businesses, and pay for education or health care services. In China, an account is... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-unbanked-people-china/article/3097671?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-unbanked-people-china/article/3097671?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Aug 2020 06:38:01 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 48%: The percentage of Europeans who viewed China less favorably during the coronavirus pandemic.  Nearly half of all respondents to surveys in nine major EU countries said their views of China worsened during the Covid-19 crisis, the European Council on Foreign Relations said. The darkening view of China was the starkest in France and Denmark, where 62% of respondents... https://www.scmp.com/politics/inkstone-index-europes-view-china-worsening/article/3096744?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/inkstone-index-europes-view-china-worsening/article/3096744?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Aug 2020 08:13:30 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 32.8%: the decline in Chinese people’s spending on food and drinks in the first half of 2020.  Retail sales of consumer goods in China have dropped by 11.4% during the first half of 2020, according to the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics.  Most consumer goods industries have been hit hard by the Covid-19 outbreaks, as people cut back social activities and travel... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-decline-restaurant-spending/article/3096471?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-decline-restaurant-spending/article/3096471?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:54:14 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 7%: The increase in Chinese imports from Australia in June.  China is importing more goods from Australia despite rising diplomatic tensions between the countries. The rise in Chinese import of Australian materials crucial for China’s infrastructure projects made up for drops in other products Australia exports to China. In May, Beijing slapped tariffs on Australian... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-china-buys-more-australia-despite-rising-tension/article/3096125?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-china-buys-more-australia-despite-rising-tension/article/3096125?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Aug 2020 03:46:00 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 66 million: the number of mobile phones in China connected to 5G networks as of June. About 66 million phones in China were connected to 5G networks by June, according to the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.  The number of 5G users had been growing in China and more than 400,000 5G base stations have been built, a ministry official said at a press... https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-millions-phones-china-are-now-connected-5g/article/3095897?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-millions-phones-china-are-now-connected-5g/article/3095897?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:11:03 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 14%: How much China accounted for India’s overall imports in 2019. Last year, commerce between India and China was worth about US$85 billion, making it Delhi’s second-most fruitful trading relationship, behind only the US.  Nearly one-third of India’s imports from China are electronics, such as smartphones and telecommunications equipment. India also heavily imports... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-how-much-does-india-rely-imported-goods-china/article/3095203?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-how-much-does-india-rely-imported-goods-china/article/3095203?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:02:59 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. $147 billion: How much China loaned to Africa from 2000 to 2018.  In less than two decades, China has grown to become the largest lender to sub-Saharan Africa, surpassing the World Bank and the Paris Club.  China’s loans to Africa are lent from the Chinese government, banks and contractors to African governments and their state-owned enterprises.  The investments have... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-how-much-money-has-china-lent-africa/article/3094103?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-how-much-money-has-china-lent-africa/article/3094103?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:32:08 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 12: The number of North Koreans who defected to South Korea between April and June this year. The figure, an all-time low, represents a dramatic drop compared to the 320 people in North Korea who crossed into the South over the same period last year. According to South Korea’s Ministry of Unification, in the first three months of 2020, 135 North Koreans sought asylum in... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-north-korea-defectors-hit-all-time-low-amid-covid-19/article/3094204?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-north-korea-defectors-hit-all-time-low-amid-covid-19/article/3094204?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jul 2020 03:20:39 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 60%: clean toilet coverage in rural China. The Chinese government has declared a war on filthy toilets, upgrading loos in rural households in what it calls a “toilet revolution.” Today, more than 60% of China’s rural population has access to “hazard-free” toilets, up from 45% in 2010, according to government data.  Chinese President Xi Jinping launched the campaign in 2015 to... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-building-clean-toilets-rural-china/article/3093543?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-building-clean-toilets-rural-china/article/3093543?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Jul 2020 04:13:10 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. $117 billion: How much China invested abroad in 2019. China has become a significant investor in the world over the past two decades, mainly through buying and building business operations overseas. Last year, China was the world’s fourth-largest overseas investor, accounting for 8.9% of the money invested in foreign nations. Japan, the United States and the Netherlands... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinese-investments-across-world/article/3093247?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinese-investments-across-world/article/3093247?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:12:28 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 1.2 million: the number of registered methamphetamine users in China in 2019. China recorded 2.15 million drug users in 2019 from a year ago, accounting for 0.16% of the country’s population, according to a government report released in June. 1.2 million, or more than half of them, were users of methamphetamines, or “ice,” followed by heroin (807,000), ketamine (49,000) and... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-meth-users-china/article/3092674?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-meth-users-china/article/3092674?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Jul 2020 07:15:46 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 91.9 million: How many people that were members of the Chinese Communist Party at the end of 2019. The ruling party of China, also known as CCP, has continued to grow 99 years after its founding in 1921, adding 1.3 million people to its ranks last year. Only India’s 180-million-strong Bharatiya Janata Party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, has more members. Today,... https://www.scmp.com/politics/inkstone-index-worlds-second-biggest-party/article/3092184?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/politics/inkstone-index-worlds-second-biggest-party/article/3092184?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Jul 2020 03:12:16 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 10.7 million: how many people are taking China’s national entrance exam in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. A record number of students is taking China’s national entrance exam, or gaokao, in July, while the country remains on high alert for Covid-19. The annual exam usually takes place in early June, but it has been postponed to July 7 to 8 in 2020 due to the coronavirus... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-grueling-college-entrance-exam-during-covid-19/article/3091347?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-grueling-college-entrance-exam-during-covid-19/article/3091347?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Jul 2020 08:51:56 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 75%: the proportion of Asian-Americans that expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.  The protest movement following the police killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, in Minnesota has received wide support across ethnicity groups in the US, according to a June survey from the Pew Research Center. Compared with 75% of Asian-Americans and... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-black-lives-matter-gets-more-support-asian-americans-whites/article/3091320?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-black-lives-matter-gets-more-support-asian-americans-whites/article/3091320?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Jul 2020 08:11:09 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 2 hours: the maximum time Chinese consumers are allowed to spend at a karaoke bar.  Chinese consumers are allowed to spend a maximum of two hours on each visit to entertainment venues as part of the government’s efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The rules apply to karaoke bars, internet cafes and arcades, according to directives released by the Ministry of Culture... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-puts-time-limit-singing-karaoke-bars/article/3091016?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-puts-time-limit-singing-karaoke-bars/article/3091016?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Jun 2020 07:09:23 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 5.6: the number of babies in China who die before their first birthday per 1,000 live births. For every 1,000 babies born in China in 2019, about 5.6 died before they reached 1 year old, according to government data released in June. China’s infant mortality rate for the first time matched that of the United States, which was 5.66 per thousand in 2018, according to the US Centers... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-sharp-drop-chinas-infant-mortality/article/3090196?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-sharp-drop-chinas-infant-mortality/article/3090196?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Jun 2020 03:00:00 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. $141: How much the poorest 40% of Chinese people make per month. China’s top economic data agency on June 15 said that more than 40% of China’s population, or more than 600 million people, earned only about 1,000 yuan ($141) per month last year. With $141 in China, someone could buy about 45 Big Mac meals or buy one pair of Nike Air Jordan shoes.  The data agency confirmed a... https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-stark-reality-chinas-wage-gap/article/3090118?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-stark-reality-chinas-wage-gap/article/3090118?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Jun 2020 04:33:13 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features one important number about China to give you insight into the rising power. 43%: the proportion of Chinese students who considered the United States as their favorite place to study overseas in 2019. The appeal of the American education system remained strong last year despite escalating tensions between Beijing and Washington, fueled in part by a trade war. In 2019, 43% of 6,200 Chinese students surveyed by New Oriental, a language test... https://www.scmp.com/education/inkstone-index-chinas-top-choice-studying-abroad/article/3089419?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/education/inkstone-index-chinas-top-choice-studying-abroad/article/3089419?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Jun 2020 07:58:33 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. $78 million: how much money users spent on TikTok and Douyin in April.  Short-video fans globally spent more than $78 million on TikTok and its mainland Chinese version Douyin in April.  The twin short-video services, from Beijing-based ByteDance, generated more revenue through in-app purchases than any other apps that are not games, according to San Francisco-based analytics... https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-tiktok-knows-how-open-users-wallets/article/3089129?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/inkstone-index-tiktok-knows-how-open-users-wallets/article/3089129?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Jun 2020 05:40:14 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 2022: the year when China is expected to officially become an “aged society.”  By 2022, one out of seven people in China will likely be aged 65 years or older, according to a report from the Chinese research firm Evergrande Research Institute. In 2019, that number was one in ten. An “aged society” is defined by the United Nations as a country where more than 14.3% of a population... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-getting-very-old-very-fast/article/3088338?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-getting-very-old-very-fast/article/3088338?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:17:32 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 710 million: the number of online shoppers in China.  The number of people in China who shop online reached 710 million in March 2020, according to the state-run China Internet Network Information Center.  The number has grown by 100 million from the end of 2018. Currently, more than half of China’s 1.4 billion population are buying things online. E-commerce has become a massive... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinas-massive-online-shopping-population/article/3086603?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinas-massive-online-shopping-population/article/3086603?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Jun 2020 02:11:18 +0000 Every Tuesday and Thursday, Inkstone Index features a single, illuminating number that helps you make sense of China. 3.6 percentage points: the gap between the ability for rural and urban Chinese youth to access the internet. Young people in rural China are catching up with their city counterparts when it comes to going online. About 94% of urban Chinese youth have access to the internet, compared to 90.3% of rural youth, according to the China Internet Network Information Center, a government... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-digital-divide-between-rural-and-urban-areas/article/3086262?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-digital-divide-between-rural-and-urban-areas/article/3086262?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:18:42 +0000 7.2 per thousand: China’s marriage rate in 2018. The Chinese marriage rate has been falling for five years in a row since 2013, hitting a new low last year, according to the country’s National Statistics Bureau and Civil Affairs Bureau. The number, which comes as China grapples with a falling birth rate and a mounting number of divorces, reflects growing anxiety among younger Chinese who are worried about salary, housing and jobs. In 2013 the marriage rate was 9.9 per thousand, and it’s fallen... https://www.scmp.com/society/instone-index-chinese-marriage-rate-hits-new-low/article/3004281?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/instone-index-chinese-marriage-rate-hits-new-low/article/3004281?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Apr 2019 08:27:12 +0000 70%: the fall in profits in China’s oil processing sector in the first two months of 2019. As the impact of the country’s trade war with the United States and widespread economic slowdown continued to take root, oil processing was by far the worst performing area in China’s key industrial sectors. But new data shows worrying figures across the board in those sectors, which employ huge numbers of people. According to figures released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, total... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinas-industrial-profits-plummet-beginning-2019/article/3003469?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-chinas-industrial-profits-plummet-beginning-2019/article/3003469?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:38:14 +0000 47.9%: homebuyers in China who are single and female. More Chinese women are opting to purchase homes while they are single, underscoring the rising economic power of women in the world’s most populous country. The country’s largest property listing website Ke.com analyzed 67,724 transactions on its platform in 2018 and found 47.9% of the buyers were female and not married. In 2014, single women accounted for about 30% of transactions on the platform, the company said. A survey by Ke.com over... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-single-female-homeowners/article/3002845?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-chinas-single-female-homeowners/article/3002845?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 Mar 2019 08:52:12 +0000 $80 billion: the amount of money Hong Kong is going to spend on building new islands. The Hong Kong government plans to spend a whopping $80 billion to create a string of artificial islands that will ease the city’s housing shortage. The plan is to reclaim nearly 2,500 acres of land, or three times the size of New York’s Central Park, over the coming two decades, and build apartment buildings, shopping malls and railways on top of it. But just how expensive is this project? The estimated cost... https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-hong-kong-spend-80-billion-lantau-land-reclamation-project/article/3002467?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-hong-kong-spend-80-billion-lantau-land-reclamation-project/article/3002467?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:33:14 +0000 938: the number of cities shrinking in China – almost a third of all Chinese cities. Between 2013 and 2016, researchers from Tsinghua University used satellite imagery to monitor the intensity of night lights in more than 3,300 cities in China. In 28% of the places tracked, the lights had dimmed by at least 10%, the researchers found. This finding underscores the shifting face of China’s economy and the complex reality of its breakneck urbanization. As of 2017, about 58% of Chinese people lived... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-almost-one-third-chinese-cities-are-shrinking/article/3002365?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-almost-one-third-chinese-cities-are-shrinking/article/3002365?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:25:41 +0000 11 million: the number of urban jobs China promises to add in 2019. The Chinese government says it will create more than 11 million urban jobs this year – equivalent to the entire population of Ohio – to keep a growing group of college graduates happy. China created 13 million new urban jobs last year. Premier Li Keqiang made the promise at his once-a-year press conference on March 15, adding that employment has become a new priority in China’s economic policymaking. “We will not let the... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-china-pledges-add-11-million-jobs-despite-slowing-economy-trade-war/article/3002129?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-china-pledges-add-11-million-jobs-despite-slowing-economy-trade-war/article/3002129?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:12:39 +0000 34%: the approval rate of China’s leadership across 134 countries, according to the Gallup World Poll. That number has gone up a modest 3 percentage points compared to last year, with China overtaking the US’ 31% approval rating. That’s not so much thanks to China’s rising popularity, and more because of a global decline in trust in the US since the election of Donald Trump. The reversal and China’s widening lead over the US, however, highlights China’s growing global clout as it seeks to expand... https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-chinas-global-admirers/article/3001907?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-chinas-global-admirers/article/3001907?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:36:24 +0000 46%: Americans who believe China’s economic power represents a “critical threat.” Almost half of the Americans surveyed in a recent opinion poll by Gallup said they considered China’s growing economic power to be a “critical threat” to the US. The poll also found that only 41% of Americans held a “favorable view” of China – a 12-point drop compared with the previous year and the lowest level recorded since 2012. Gallup noted that the sharp decline followed “a year of escalating trade... https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-american-fear-chinas-rise/article/3001513?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/china/inkstone-index-american-fear-chinas-rise/article/3001513?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Mar 2019 09:23:00 +0000 2020: the year by which no Chinese will be living below the poverty line, according to the Chinese government. Beijing has pledged to wipe out poverty in rural areas by 2020 to build what it calls a “moderately prosperous society,” where most people live comfortable middle-class life. China is eager to tackle rural poverty because the ruling Communist Party’s legitimacy is built in part on a promise of shared economic prosperity. Since reforming its economy in the late 1970s, China has lifted... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-vows-eradicate-poverty-2020/article/3001336?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-china-vows-eradicate-poverty-2020/article/3001336?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:04:49 +0000 7,690: the number of planes Chinese airlines will buy over the next two decades. Boeing estimated last year that China would buy 7,690 new commercial planes worth $1.2 trillion by 2037. By that time, 18% of the global stock of commercial aircraft will belong to China, up from 15% currently, according to the plane manufacturer. About one in four commercial jets made by Boeing now head to China, and the company has been trying hard to win a bigger piece of the world’s fastest-growing aviation... https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-china-fastest-growing-aviation-market-boeing/article/3001140?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/inkstone-index-china-fastest-growing-aviation-market-boeing/article/3001140?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:55:51 +0000 One in 11: The number of newborns in Shanghai in 2018 who were given their mother’s surname. The Shanghai Population Management Office announced this week that among the 90,000 babies born to the city’s permanent residents in 2018, 91.2% had been given their father’s surname and 8.8% their mother’s. Some 2.5% had both parents’ family names. That seems like a considerable departure from Chinese society’s patriarchal norms, where children are traditionally expected to take the father’s name. The... https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-more-chinese-are-given-their-mothers-surnames/article/3001097?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/society/inkstone-index-more-chinese-are-given-their-mothers-surnames/article/3001097?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:05:01 +0000