WSJ Blogs

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(1) Richard Silk, A New Numerology for Predicting China’s Economy.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealti ... ing-chinas-economy/

Quote:

"'What are the boom years in the Chinese economy?' asked Cai Hongbin at a Thursday morning press conference. 'Eighty-three and ’84, ’93 and ’94, 2003 and 2004.' * * * Knowing they will likely be in the job for a decade exactly, officials get to work with big new investment projects at once, Professor Cai reckons, spurring a blowout in GDP growth.

"The bad news is China’s economy has repeatedly got into trouble in years that end eight and nine: 1978-79, 1998-99 and 2008-2009. Eight, which sounds a little bit like 'getting rich,' is China’s luckiest number. It looks like the numerologists got that wrong too.

Note:
(a) CAI Hongbin  蔡洪 滨
(b) blowout (n): "an uncontrolled eruption of an oil or gas well"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowout

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(2) Joanna Sugden, India-China Agreements: No 1, Buffalo Meat. India Real Time, May 20, 2013
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealti ... -no-1-buffalo-meat/

Quote:

"India is currently the world’s largest exporter of buffalo meat selling $3.2 billion to more than 65 countries, according to a person with knowledge of the export market. But it has missed out on the growing Chinese market for the food because it exports it via a third country, the person said, declining to name the third party.

"Hindus believe the site of the pilgrimage [at Mount Kailash] is the home of Lord Shiva, but it also holds religious significance for Jains and Buddhists.

Note:
(a) Mount Kailash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Kailash
(Sanskrit: Kangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰)
(b) "Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, a private travel agency running trips to the pilgrimage site"
(i) Lake Manasarovar  
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Manasarovar
(玛旁雍错, from transliteration of its Tibetan name; toward the north is Mount Kailash)
(ii) Yatra (film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yatra_(film)
(English: Journey)