China Real Time

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(1)(a) Lilian Lin, 温州话究竟多难懂？ 中国实时报, May 24, 2014
cn.wsj.com/gb/20140524/rcu093209.asp
(b) Lilian Lin, What It’s Like to Live in China and Speak the'“Devil-Language.' May 23, 2014.
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/05/23/what-its-like-to-live-in-china-and-speak-the-devil-language/

Note:
(a) “And when we say ‘world’ in Wenzhou dialect, it sounds similar to the same word in Japanese.”

I do not know Wenzhou dialect. Here is Japanese:
sekai 世界 【せかい】 (n): “the world”
(b) people from areas around Wenzhou’s Cangnan county 温州市 苍南县 even speak Minnan dialect, also among the most difficult dialects in China.”

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(2)(a) Isabella Steger, 中国光明食品投资以色列乳业. May 23, 2014
cn.wsj.com/gb/20140523/rec174220.asp
(b) Isabella Steger, Holy Productive Cow! China Invests in Israeli Dairy. May 22, 2014.
blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/05/22/holy-productive-cow-china-invests-in-israeli-dairy/

Quote:

“‘The yields of cows in Israel are on average the highest in the world,’ said Jacob Robbins, a former Coca-Cola Co. executive and founder of Emeterra, a Singapore-based agribusiness company.

“According to the Israeli Dairy Board, Israeli cows each produce almost 12,000 liters of milk a year. That compares to about 4,100 liters each for New Zealand cows and 5,500 liters for Australian cows, though feeding costs are lower there as the cows are pasture-fed as opposed to Israel’s grain-fed variety. * * * China’s cows each produce just * * * about 3,800 liters [a year], and input costs are particularly high thanks to expensive feed, which is imported in large amounts from the US.

“The US Department of Agriculture estimates, for example, that China imported about 520,000 tons of whole milk powder last year, a 28% increase from the previous year.

Note:  Milk: Production per Cow by Year, US. National Agricultural Statistis Service (NASS), US Department of Agriculture, Feb 20, 2014 (under the heading "Charts and Maps")
www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Map ... k_Cows/cowrates.asp("15% increase over the past 10-year period [2004-2013 (includsive)]")

For 2013, it was ROUGHLY 21,800 pounds per cow per year, or about 9,888kg. Of course, some cows in US get growth hormone (to stimulate milk production), while some others do not.