Official Reserves

From The Economist:

China is by some distance the world's largest holder of foreign-exchange 
reserves. Its currency hoard passed the $1.5 trillion mark at the end 
of last year, little more than a year after it reached $1 trillion.

Chinese Leapfrog

From The Economist:

Gender In/Equality

From The Economist:

The Fixed Phone Has Died, Long Life Cell Phone

From The Economist: although the publisher hasn't proclaimed the death of fixed phone, I believe we know where the trends are going.

China's Missile Range

Very interesting graph from The Economist: China's missile range. It was presented in several The Economist articles, one of which: The long march to be a superpower.

Price and Market Penetration of Consumer Electronics Over The Past 50 Years

From Wired magazine: Price and market penetration of consumer electronics over the past 50 years.

Check out the steep drop for DVD player.