Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Philosophy

'Oh young soul, so full of young soul; oh, to be so full again with the agitation of emptiness.'

Thursday, 2 December 2010

Photo taken on Dec. 1, 2010 shows the aluminum-lithium alloy fore part of the airframe of C919 jumbo jet, which is manufactured by Hongdu Aviation Industry Group, in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. The C919 is China's self-developed jumbo jet, 17-meter-long, 5.6-meter-high, 3.96-meter-wide, which is designed to accomodate 156-168 passengers. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)

MOUTAI

China starts residents relocation to protect "national liquor"
English.news.cn 2010-12-01 13:03:16
GUIYANG, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Moving away from her house after living there for decades, Chen Liangying waved a long goodbye to Moutai, both the name of her hometown and China's "national liquor".
"It takes just three minutes from my house to get to the distillery. The mild fragrance of wine is even integrated into our lives," said Chen Liangying, 57, a resident of Moutai town, in the city of Renhuai in southwest China's Guizhou Province, which enjoyed a long history of wine making.
The local government relocated Chen and about 16,000 local residents in Moutai town to a new residential zone in Renhuai, to protect the unique environment of the beverage's high quality in the old town.

The distillery of Moutai occupies three-fifths of the old town area, which is five square kilometers. The micro-environment of Moutai, including the water source, microflora, vegetation and geological environment, all contributes to the unique taste and quality of the world famous wine.

In Moutai, the brewing plants and the office building of Kweichow Moutai were even merged among the randomly built residential houses.

"Some people from outside the area longing for the Moutai secret may have the first impression of 'fragrance Moutai Wine, dirty Moutai Town' when they walk in the town," said Wang Zhaoda, the chief official with the Moutai Town.

In fact, there are about 49,000 people living in the small old town, and 15,000 among them are living nearby or mingled in the brewery zone.

The climate and vegetation in the town of Moutai is quite unique, which contribute to the taste of the liquor. Moutai is classified as "sauce-fragrances" for it offers an exceptionally pure, mild and mellow soy sauce-like fragrance that lingers after drinking.

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Moutai Red Diamond: $20,000 a bottle

Sunday, 28 November 2010

on the ground in North China regarding Korea

a personal perspective on the current war-games the US and Korea are holding, from a correspondent in Northern China:
"So North Korean is putting its surface to surface missal aiming at south korean, once it happened, south korean capital city will be damaged, of course US and South Korean will fight back, but think about it: North Korean has no fear of being bombed, as it has nothing really, but South Korean is stupid to turn its land into a war field for US to show its power here."