The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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China's capital Beijing means "Gate".
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It has been reported that rich people in China can hire "body doubles" to serve their prison time.
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In 2002, there were no billionaires in China. In 2007, there were 106 billionaires.
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Some Chinese-made hair bands were fashioned from recycled condoms.
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In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her adulterous husband, but may only do so with her bare hands. (The husband's lover, on the other hand, may be killed in any manner desired.)
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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