During a solar eclipse, the Moon can sometimes perfectly cover the Sun because its size is nearly the same as the Sun's when viewed from the Earth. A total solar eclipse is in fact an occultation while an annular solar eclipse is a transit.
According to CNNâs online global wage calculator, which uses data from the International Labor Organization, the average annual salary of a worker in Chinaâs private sector was 28,752 yuan (about $4,755) in 2012, or 38% of the global average. Thatâs roughly the same as a cleaner in Thailand, according to CNNâs data.sing CNNâs tool, Chinese media plugged in government figures for the countryâs âhigh incomeâ bracket of urban disposable income (link in Chinese)âand discovered that the closest equivalent is a taxi driver in South Africa. The average salary of a public sector worker in China.
An apartment in Shanghai's central and upmarket Pudong neighborhood has sold for a record 220,000 yuan (US$35,000) per square meter, Taiwanese news site Want China Times reports.The total price was 84 million yuan (US$13 million).ccording to the Shanghai Statistics Bureau the average salary for city residents in 2011 was approximately $8,357, compared to $56,400 in New York. China's housing prices have been going up for a long time, though there have been some signs of a slowdown. People are, somewhat understandably, worried about a bubble.