Ruth Bender, 法国小城欲解中国婴儿奶粉之渴. 华尔街日报中文版, Mar 18, 2014
cn.wsj.com/gb/20140318/beu150654.asp
, which is translated from
Ruth Bender, France Has a Formula for China's Baby-Milk Needs; Plant under construction in Brittany fills supply gap while bolstering farms. Wall Street Journal, Mar 18, 2014.
online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303369904579420591913631968
Note:
(a) "CARHAIX, France—Mayor Christian Troadec is trying a new formula to revive his sleepy town in central Brittany: quenching Chinese thirst for baby milk."
(i) Carhaix-Plouguer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carhaix-Plouguer
(a commune)
(A) “The name of Carhaix (known as Caer Ahes in 1082) comes from the Celtic words kaer (town) and ahes, the name of King of Cornouaille Gradlon's daughter.”
(B) Gradlon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gradlon
(Gradlon the Great (Gradlon Meur) was a semi-legendary 5th century "king" of Cornouaille [a historic region in Brittany])
(ii) Brittany
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany
(section 1 Etymology)
Breton can be either an adjective or a noun (a native or the language).
(b) "Synutra is investing €90 million ($125 million) to build what will be * * * the first infant-formula plant on French soil entirely in the hands of a Chinese company. * * * Over the past three years, Synutra executives have traveled to the town at least every three months, including two visits by Chief Executive Liang ZHANG 张亮. * * * Agriculture accounts for around a third of Brittany's economy. * * * Synutra plans to ship the entire output from its new plant swiftly to China. * * * France—Europe's second-largest dairy producer behind Germany—already exports to China the bulk of its dried milk used for infant formula, with last year's shipments jumping 41% from 2012. China's Biostime International Holdings Ltd also has come to France, teaming up with two dairy companies in neighboring Normandy."
(i) Synutra International, Inc 圣元国际集团 (于1998年成立于青岛)
(ii) 合生元国际控股有限公司 (formed in 1999 and based in Guangzhou)
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