Michael Backman: The Asian Insider
I'm reading Michael Backman's The Asian Insider now. Some facts that I read about...
- Mobile phone users in China sent more than six billion text messages during the 2003 Chinese New Year.
- Japan's population will peak in 2005 at 127.7 million and will fall to 102 million by 2035
- 350 million adult Indians cannot read or write. But they can vote.
- Prostitution is illegal in Bangkok but permitted in Singapore.
- Shanghai has more than 3,000 buildings that are 18 storeys or more high.
- After the United States, the country with the biggest number of proficient English speakers is the Philippines. It is not India.
- Mobile phone users in China sent more than six billion text messages during the 2003 Chinese New Year.
- Japan's population will peak in 2005 at 127.7 million and will fall to 102 million by 2035
- 350 million adult Indians cannot read or write. But they can vote.
- Prostitution is illegal in Bangkok but permitted in Singapore.
- Shanghai has more than 3,000 buildings that are 18 storeys or more high.
- After the United States, the country with the biggest number of proficient English speakers is the Philippines. It is not India.
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