"Check out the sub pages for statistics provided on China's coal consumption/production and China's emission of Carbon Dioxide for more detail" - Bryan
 
For a practical example of a “full scale” GIS project, see World’s Most Congested Cities at http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=c7b7c26b701b4e27b3d0be40e64a0db7
And US Population Growth at http://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=3bd7aa74196845f2aec07e116acd5aa6