The first slide I use today in London will be cryptic:
168/18,500/51,000/600/200/60,000
That’s it.
You’ve read all the bits in prior blogs, but I think there’s something powerful …. INEVITABLE … of getting it all down in a single line of numeric type.
168 … number of miles of Expressways in China in ’89.
18,500 … number of miles of Expressways in China today.
51,000 … number of miles of Expressways in China in 2008.* (*Our Interstate system tallies 46,500 miles.)
600 … number of foreign corporate R & D labs in China.* (*E.g. Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing, 200-professionals strong.)
200 … number of new foreign-owned corporate R & D labs to be constructed in China in the next 12 months.
60,000 … number of foreign-owned factories built in China between 2000 and 2003.
Yup! Something’s definitely up!