Currently China sources about 70% of its electricity from coal powered plants, and is the largest consumer of coal in the world.
Currently, China is reported to have approximately 30 plants in various stages of development.
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World number two Nadal and world number six Roddick are currently in China for the Shanghai Masters.
Currently, China wields 3.7% of IMF votes compared with France's 4.9%, although the Chinese economy is now 50% larger than that of France.
Currently, China gets a quarter of its oil from Africa and is looking to increase that number substantially over the next several years.
Currently, China has less than 100 vehicles per 1000 people, far below even relatively undeveloped economies like Mexico, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.
Currently, China has less than 2% of its foreign currency reserves in gold bullion, compared with more than 70% for the U.S. and Germany, according to the World Gold Council, a trade group.
The increasing expenditure on private aircraft means that Nigeria is currently rivaling China as one of the two fastest growing markets for private jets in the world, and airplane manufacturers across the world are beginning to take notice.
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China currently has 13 nuclear power stations in operation, while another 27 plants are under construction.
China currently has well over 100 cities with populations of one million or more.
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Currently, China Unicom is the exclusive mobile service provider of the iPhone in China.
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Non-Google app stores that currently run on China-based Android devices filter out apps that violate Chinese regulations.
Healthcare (currently only in China and Nigeria): Respiratory, Hepatitis B, female illnesses, male illnesses, pregnancy care, infant care.
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China currently incinerates only 2% of its rubbish, but has set itself a goal of 30% by 2030.
China currently produces 97% of the world's rare earths, vital in the manufacture of mobile phones and other high-tech products.
But more to the point, as a member of the WTO China currently enjoys lower trade barriers with the U.S. than it would otherwise.
More than 700 students from China currently study at Lancaster University.
China currently has 11 active reactors, a drop in the ocean compared to the 104 in the U.S., according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
To put the staggering growth rates that achieving this target would require, one need only consider that China currently has less than 1 GW of installed solar-power capacity.
China currently produces about 20 million motor vehicles a year.
China currently has 17, 000 athletes in its elite sporting system.
The use of private aircrafts is currently limited in China, but if and when regulations are loosened, this strategic investment would give China Aviation the technology to expand in a potential growth market.
China currently accounts for 10% of group profits.
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Even by the government's optimistic accounting, only Bank of China currently meets the standards set by the Bank for International Settlements, which thinks big banks should have capital equal to at least 8% of their assets.
However, we believe that since China Unicom is the only carrier that sells the iPhone in China currently, Apple sees a greater potential for growth in this market as it adds more carriers to the fold.
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For example, Foxconn has over 1 million employees in China, and although the company currently has 10K robots in China as well, the plan is to utilize 300, 000 robots by 2012 and 1 million by 2014.
The Drudge Report linked to an AP story by Chris Bodeen currently in Sanya, China.
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Brazil's exports to China are currently dominated by commodities and natural resources such as iron ore.
China is currently Apple's second-largest market, with more than 17, 000 outlets selling its products.
China is currently the fastest-growing and second-largest luxury goods market in the world, second only to Japan.
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