That this revolution is expanding rapidly we have been measuring every year.

The situation changed quickly.

Rogue waves seem to occur in deep water or where a number of physical factors such as strong winds and fast currents converge.

But its figures also highlight a sharp decline: That rate is just one-tenth of the 15 percent quarter-on-quarter growth the bank says China achieved in early 2007.

Meanwhile, the public facilities that remained catered for the poor and the non-white, and were rapidly downgraded.