Taiwan's 2020 Economy Best in Asia + 速成威士忌

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(1) Yen Nee Lee, Asia's Top-Performing Economy in 2020 Could Grow Even Faster This Year. CNBC, Feb 22, 2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/23/ ... faster-in-2021.html

Quote:

(a) "Taiwan has upgraded its growth forecast for 2021, predicting the economy this year could expand at the fastest rate in seven years — thanks to global semiconductor demand boosting exports from the island.

"Its economy is forecast to grow by 4.64% in 2021 from a year ago — making it the quickest expansion since 2014, according to data from the Taiwanese statistics bureau.

"Taiwan's projected growth for 2021 is an upgrade of the previous forecast for a 3.83% expansion, and an acceleration from the revised growth of 3.11% for the whole of 2020, the bureau said on Saturday [Feb 20].

(b) sectional heading: "Strong but unlikely to outgrow China [again]

My comment: There is no need to read the rest.

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(2) Clay Risen, Overnight Success? Proof Is in the Glass; Several companies are using technology to speed their whiskeys to the liquor store. NYT, Feb 17, 2021, at section D1.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/ ... n-lost-spirits.html
https://theportlandpost.com/2021 ... skey-age-overnight/

Excerpt in the window of print: 'We Want to see a world where quality and availability are not in conflict.'

Note:
(a) online title: Can a Fine Whiskey Age Overnight?
(b) Basically the article explores the question: can one analyze the components (what, how much) of something and make it chemically? It has been done with sodas nd ice creams ("natural flavors" as euphemism for artificial flavors; read ingredients) we consume frequently.  
(c) There can not be trade secret in the public domain (otherwise the author will go straight to make his or her own whiskey for sale). The following is about fundamental chemistry of whiskey making.

Bethany Halford, What's Whisky and How Do You Best Enjoy Its Hundreds of Flavor Compounds?  the controversial act of adding a little water might help drinkers savor the complex taste of this spirit. c&en (Chemical & Engineering News) 95: __ (published by American Chemical Society), Jan 24, 2017.
https://cen.acs.org/articles/95/ ... avor-compounds.html