Photo
credits
From top to bottom: Stanford University Medical Center; Linda Cicero (4); Visual
Art Services; Diane Thornton; Linda Cicero;
Linda Cicero. Right: Diane
Thornton
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