Population of People’s Republic of China in 2002: 1,284,303,705
Chinese students enrolled at Stanford in 2002: 553
Percentage of those who were undergraduates: 2
Stanford alumni living in China or Hong Kong: 733
Stanford faculty born in China or Hong Kong: 47
Chinese restaurants in Palo Alto: 14
McDonald’s restaurants in Beijing: 56
Sources: The World Factbook 2002; Stanford Bechtel International Center; Stanford Office of Asian Relations; Palo Alto Weekly Visitor’s Guide to the Midpeninsula; McDonald’s
