Lithium can boost the Bolivian industry. Lithium batteries are used in anything ranging from cell phones to electric cars. Half of the world's reserves can be found in Bolivia.
Outsourcing in China & Chinese take-overs of Italian footwear factories. Now Chinese producers are taking up 60% of all footwear produced in the world and, they continue to expand their production capacity now being closer to their export markets in Europe, e.g. Italy.
One out of five Internet users live in China. According to the Internet World Statistics, China has around 350 million Internet users being 21% of worldwide usage.
World food production should rise by 70% in 2050 to meet the demand of 9.1 billion people. According to the FAO, there will be serious problems especially in developing countries, if the annual cereal production won't rise from 2.1 to 3 billion every year until 2050.
