The number of cities in the US with more than one million inhabitants is 
<b> nine </b>
(in descending order: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia,
Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, and San Antonio).
The number in China is 
<b> ninety-three </b>. 
Only three US cities would rank among the top 25 by population if merged
with the Chinese list. 
(The data are for administrative regions, not for metropolitan areas associated
with a core city.)
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