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China By Numbers: Fewer billionaires, the NPC, Faking athletes and Peking Man

Some China-related numbers that you may have missed:

19 – Number of Chinese billionaires that dropped off the Forbes’ rich list this year.

2.2% – Percentage of National People’s Congress delegates from Shanghai.

3k – Number of Chinese athletes that misrepresented their ages, out of a total of 15,000, according to a survey by the sports ministry of Guangdong province.

746,000 B.C. – Date that scientists say Peking Man walked the earth – 200,000 years earlier than originally thought.

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