The numbers making news around China during the week of Jan 7, 2013

1.1 billion yuan
Box office take of the film “Lost in Thailand” so far, unexpectedly making it the highest grossing Chinese movie ever. Bangkok Post

800,000
Number of surveillance cameras installed in Beijing. USA Today

$38 billion
Macao’s gambling revenue in 2012 – a record high that was a 13.5 percent increase from the previous year. Global Times

12 and 14 percent
Respective increases in the monthly and hourly earnings of migrant workers over the past five years. Wall Street Journal

8 million
Number of vocational school student interns that man China's assembly lines and workshops in a given year, according to Ministry of Education estimates. Reuters

811
Number of journalist visas issued by the United States to Chinese reporters. Foreign Policy

226 million
Number of passengers expected to use China’s railway system during the 40-day Spring Festival travel season. Shanghaiist

37,000
Number of bottles of fake foreign liquor that were seized by police along the Sanlitun Bar Street in Beijing. Global Times

3
Number of times “the feelings of the Chinese people were hurt” from 1949-1978, according to a phrase search of past People’s Daily issues. Since then, "feelings have been hurt" an average of about five times per year. My Country and My People