Gasoline Indeed More Expensive in CN than in US

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Petrol prices in China |  Driving in the right direction: Chinese motorists face unprecedented prices at the pump. Economist, Sept. 19, 2009 (cover date).
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14462395

My comment: Just take a look at the figure.


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(3) Conor Dougherty, Recession Hits Immigrants Hard. Survey Shows First Decline in Foreign-Born U.S. Residents in Nearly 40 Years. Wall Street Journal, Sept. 23, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125356996157829123.html

My comment: Neither China nor Taiwan was mentioned in the text (there is no need to read the text). However, both Taiwan and China were in the table (with China in the footnote).

(2) Vanessa Furhmans, German Book Fair's Dissident Guests Roil China. Wall Street Journal, Sept. 21, 2009.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125349165815626533.html

Note: Bei Ling 贝岭

(3) Tim McKeough, Sikorsky's X2 Technology Doubles Chopper Speed . Fast Company, October 2009.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/139/turbocopter.html
("Its target: a cruising speed of 250 knots -- about 290 mph")

(4) Fred Kaplan, Attack of the Drones. Now that congress has killed the F-22, the Air Force is facing another shock to the system: planes without pilots. Newsweek, Sept 28, 2009 (cover date).
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215825

Summary in Table of Contents: Why the Air Force of the future might not include pilots.

My comment:
(a) Taiwan is mentioned once in the article: "Gates wanted to nudge the naysayers aside. He got his chance in June 2008, when two Air Force scandals erupted. In one case, electrical fuses for ballistic-missile warheads were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan. In another, a bomber flew over U.S. territory carrying live nukes. Gates used the opportunity to fire Moseley and the civilian secretary of the Air Force, Michael Wynne."

(b) China is also mentioned once: "These [air Force] generals [who advocates MORE F-22s] imagine a future war against, say, a resurgent China or a revitalized Russia."

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