Chinese Fact Sheet

Database: New York City Museum List

Record Name Type City State Country Region Museum Address
Museum of Chinese in the Americas (New York) Cultural Museum NEW YORK NEW YORK United States North America Museum of Chinese in the Americas 70 Mulberry Street

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
CHINESE, MANDARIN World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, MANDARIN China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 1 885,000,000
CHINESE, WU World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, WU China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 10 77,175,000
CHINESE, YUE World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, YUE China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 16 66,000,000
CHINESE, MIN NAN World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, MIN NAN China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 21 49,000,000
CHINESE, JINYU World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, JINYU China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 22 45,000,000
CHINESE, XIANG World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, XIANG China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 28 36,015,000
CHINESE, HAKKA World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, HAKKA China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 30 34,000,000
CHINESE, GAN World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, GAN China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 45 20,580,000
CHINESE, MIN BEI World Wide Language Speakers CHINESE, MIN BEI China 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 78 10,537,000

Database: 2007-2008 Major Religious Holidays

Record Name Religion Event Dates Days
Asian Lunar New Year [Year of the Rat] Chinese Asian Lunar New Year [Year of the Rat] Feb. 7 Thursday

Database: Best Selling Books of All Time

Record Name Language Year Released Rank Author Sales Volume Source
Quotations from Chairman Mao Chinese 1966 2 Mao Zedong 900 Million Wikipedia
Xinhau Dictionary Chinese 1957 5 Editor: Wei Jianjong 400 million Wikipedia

Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations

Record Name Language City Country Media kHz
Radio Malaysia Kuala Chinese Lumpur Malaysia Radio 6025

Database: Adherents of Major World Religions

Record Name Religion Believer Name Number of Adherents (Millions)
Number of World Wide Followers for Chinese traditional Chinese:traditional 394

Database: World's Largest Newspapers by Circulation

Record Name Country Language Region Source Newspaper Rank Circulation (thousands)
Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Canako Xiaoxi (Beijing) 8 2,627
People’s Daily Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 People’s Daily 9 2,509
Yangtse Evening Post Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Yangtse Evening Post 21 1,715
Yangcheng Evening News (Guangzhou) Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Yangcheng Evening News (Guangzhou) 33 1,320
Xinmin Evening News (Shanghai) Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Xinmin Evening News (Shanghai) 42 1,045
Information Times Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Information Times 55 900
Peninsula City News Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Peninsula City News 58 860
Qianjiang Evening News Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Qianjiang Evening News 72 750
Qilu Evening News Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Qilu Evening News 73 750
Nanfang Daily Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Nanfang Daily 74 750
Today Evening News Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Today Evening News 82 699
Wuhan Evening News Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Wuhan Evening News 85 660
Modern Express Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Modern Express 86 651
Yanzhao Metro Daily Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Yanzhao Metro Daily 87 650
Metro Express Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Metro Express 88 650
Beijing Youth Daily Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Beijing Youth Daily 93 606
New Express Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 New Express 95 600
Daily Sunshine Newspaper Circulation China Chinese Asia World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Daily Sunshine 96 600

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