Some China-related numbers you may have missed:
30: How many years it’s been since the first NBA basketball team has visited China. The Washington Bullets visited Beijing in 1979. The Washington Wizards plan to repeat the trip this September.
15,000: The number of drunk drivers arrested by Chinese police in the first week of a crackdown on drunk driving.
2:25:15: How long it took for 20-year-old marathon runner Xue Bai to bring home a gold medal in the women’s marathon for China in this year’s World Track and Field Championships in Berlin.
4.5m: The number of people facing a drought in northern China.