Experts state that China is now home to at least one million infertile men. Unfortunately that's not all: findings also show that 50% of Chinese men over 40 suffer from erectile dysfunction. Such statistics make it seem almost inconceivable that China saw over 18 million births in 2009 or the equivalent more than 15% of the U.S. population. more ›

Harper's Magazine recently announced via Twitter that all 25 years of its awesome stats section, Harper's Index, was now available and searchable online here. We searched "shanghai" and got two results. One was about Chairman Mao jackets at Shanghai Tang, and the other was actually related to the city. Here it is, from June 2005: "Percentage change since 1994 in treatment for male infertility and erectile dysfunction in Shanghai: +100." There are considerably more results for "china." more ›