I Sing Beijing

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(1) Dan Levin, In opera, West Meets East; The I Sing Beijing program brings Western performers to China to learn to sing works in Mandarin. Los Angeles Times, Aug
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-culture-china-20110814,0,6076530.story

Note:
(a) There is no Chinese name for "I Sing Beijing."
(b) TIAN Haojiang  田 浩江
(c) Yu Opera of Henan  豫剧

(2) Chris Kraul, Soybeans Now Rule the Range on Argentina Plains; In a country famous for its beef, ranchers are trading their livestock for soy crops, a safer, faster and more lucrative business. Los Angeles Times, Aug 12, 2011
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-argentina-gaucho-20110812,0,1679915.story

Quote:

"Turns out the same soil and climate conditions that make Argentina ideal for cattle also make it primo soybean terrain. Add in a tripling of global soy prices over the last decade * * * and you have a massive migration to soy around these parts.

"Growing soy, a low-cost crop that can yield two harvests a year, is a virtual no-brainer. Newborn cattle, on the other hand, take three years to bring to market * * * At the end of the day, growing soy can be twice as profitable per acre as raising cattle

"The total cattle herd in Argentina is about 47.9 million head, down 17% from the 58.3 million as recently as 2007 * * * Meanwhile, the national harvest of soybeans this year is expected to reach 50 million tons, compared with the 30 million tons harvested a decade ago

"The boom has been good for Argentina, which is third behind the United States and Brazil as the world's leading producers of soy, a high-protein food especially popular in China and India. * * * [An Argentine farmer] is convinced that high soy prices are here to stay with demand from China still rising

Note: maté (n; , from American Spanish mate maté, vessel for drinking it, from Quechua mati vessel):
"1: a tealike beverage drunk especially in South America
2: a South American shrub or tree (Ilex paraguariensis) of the holly family whose leaves and shoots are used in making maté; also : these leaves and shoots")
www.m-w.com

* Yerba maté
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerba_mat%C3%A9
(a species of holly native to subtropical South America; first used and cultivated by Indians; plant is a shrub or small tree; leaves are evergreen; The leaves, popularly called "herb" (Spanish: yerba, Portuguese: erva) contain caffeine)

(3) Michael O'Hanlon, The US Still Has a Promising Future. Los Angeles Times, Aug 11, 2011 (op-ed)
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-ohanlon-america-20110811,0,1890319.story
("The intellectual excellence does not end there. Of the $1.2 trillion the world spent on research and development activities last year, $400 billion was spent in the U.S. Europe in aggregate spent less than $300 billion. Totals for China and Japan were each around $150 billion. Others were far behind.")

My comment:
(a) Regarding the figures for US and the entire Europe. It is not surprising, considering that both have a similar nomnal GDP. See
List of countries by GDP (nominal)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
(CIA World Factbook 2010: European Union 16t, US 14.66t)

(4) Carol D. Leonnig and Karen Tumulty, Perry Welcomed Chinese Firm Despite Security Concern. Washington Post, Aug 10, 2011
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/perry-welcomed-chinese-firm-despite-security-concern/2011/08/10/gIQAAu80EJ_story.html
(Huawei)


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