Hi there,
I see that China is now on the verge of overtaking Australia as one of the world's biggest wine producers.
China raised production by 28% in 2009 and produced 72 million cases which is about 960,000 tons of wine. Phew that would give you a hangover!
Apparently the domestic consumption in China is still relatively low although wine drinking is increasing in popularity.
So maybe we will all be drinking wines such as Great Wall and Dragon's Eye soon.
Interestingly many years ago I stayed at an hotel in Evesham which had a very impressive wine list.
The owner suggested that I try a Chinese wine. As he said whilst it was virtually unheard of in the UK it was one of the best selling wines in the world simple because of the huge domestic Chinese market.
Joke for today:- "Here's to alcohol-the cause of and solution to all of life's problems." Homer Simpson.
On this day:- 27th January
In 1926 John Logie Baird unveiled his new "television"machine
In 1756 Mozart was born.
In 1832 Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) was born
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Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China. Show all posts
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Saturday, 1 January 2011
India and China's progress
It appears that India and China are likely to lead the global economic recovery in 2011.
Hardly surprising.
I'm really impressed with them China in particular with the superb new bridges they have built.
Still we in the UK are having to recover from the out of control spending over the last few years.
I think that one of the most worrying aspects is the house price fall prediction of 10%. If that does come to pass (although with such a housing shortage market forces will kick in sometime) then any interest increase will cause a lot of private landlords to go under.
Still we shall see. The economists have got it wrong so many times before.
Joke for today:- Harry gets a lot of excercise. Last week he was out 7 nights running
On this day:- 1st January
In 1863 Abraham Lincoln declared freedom for all slaves in the southern states.
In 1865 J. Edgar Hoover founder of the FBI was born
John F. Beaumont
Hardly surprising.
I'm really impressed with them China in particular with the superb new bridges they have built.
Still we in the UK are having to recover from the out of control spending over the last few years.
I think that one of the most worrying aspects is the house price fall prediction of 10%. If that does come to pass (although with such a housing shortage market forces will kick in sometime) then any interest increase will cause a lot of private landlords to go under.
Still we shall see. The economists have got it wrong so many times before.
Joke for today:- Harry gets a lot of excercise. Last week he was out 7 nights running
On this day:- 1st January
In 1863 Abraham Lincoln declared freedom for all slaves in the southern states.
In 1865 J. Edgar Hoover founder of the FBI was born
John F. Beaumont
Sunday, 19 December 2010
The Threatened Beaver
There is a very interesting article in this month's The Oldie Magazine (I'm a Youngie actually
but they let me read it!)
This article is about the marvellous beaver and how they are the most accomplished engineers of
the animal kingdom.
Not only do they build impressive dams which can be 8 foot high and three hundred feet in
length they also know to build a secondary dam. This second dam is build downstream to catch
the overflow which creates a pond which counterbalances the downward pressure on the first
dam. Then a third dam is build upstream to prevent a sudden rush of water following a sudden
downpour. Brilliant.
However their numbers are being decimated* by trappers.
So this lovely creatury is being sacrificed so that their pelts can be used as a fashion accessory.
Sick or what?Thought for today: Are we humans any better than other animals?
* Decimated. I was once told off for using this term in a report by my then managing director. He wrote that it meant reduced by or to ten. Actually according to the dictionary I could use it in the context I was describing!
Joke for today:- In his spare time my granddad races pigeons. I don't know wht as he never beats them.
On this day:- 19th December
In 1991 Gorbachev resigned
In 1984 Britain and China signed the agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
John F. Beaumont internet marketer
but they let me read it!)
This article is about the marvellous beaver and how they are the most accomplished engineers of
the animal kingdom.
Not only do they build impressive dams which can be 8 foot high and three hundred feet in
length they also know to build a secondary dam. This second dam is build downstream to catch
the overflow which creates a pond which counterbalances the downward pressure on the first
dam. Then a third dam is build upstream to prevent a sudden rush of water following a sudden
downpour. Brilliant.
However their numbers are being decimated* by trappers.
So this lovely creatury is being sacrificed so that their pelts can be used as a fashion accessory.
Sick or what?Thought for today: Are we humans any better than other animals?
* Decimated. I was once told off for using this term in a report by my then managing director. He wrote that it meant reduced by or to ten. Actually according to the dictionary I could use it in the context I was describing!
Joke for today:- In his spare time my granddad races pigeons. I don't know wht as he never beats them.
On this day:- 19th December
In 1991 Gorbachev resigned
In 1984 Britain and China signed the agreement to return Hong Kong to China in 1997
John F. Beaumont internet marketer
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