China by the Numbers:

Consumption

China - growing at nearly 10% a year - already consumes more grain, meat, coal and steel than the United States

Wealth

China's population will grow from 1.3 billion to 1.45 billion in 26 years - when per capita income will be equal to that of the US today

Oil

On current trends, China will by 2031 be consuming 99 million barrels of oil per day. Total world production today is only 84 million bpd

Forestry

China is already the biggest driver of rainforest destruction, says Greenpeace. Half of all rainforest logs head for China

Global warming

By 2025, China will overtake the US as the top emitter of the greenhouse gases causing global warming

Cars

By 2031, China would have 1.1 billion cars if it matches current US trends - bigger than the current world fleet of 800 million

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